Word: nation
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Whitelaw Reid of the Tribune, Charles A. Dana, of the Sun, Carl Schurz, formerly of the Nation, Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commercial, George William Curtis, of Harper's Weekly, are a few of the horned animals whose rubbers have worn out, and who now bring the bright point to view in all their writings. The most of these, it may also be remarked, pastured at Harvard. Having occasion recently to write to Mr. Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, the great pioneer paper of the West, to obtain certain facts about college newspaper men, I learned from...
...Macvane has a letter in the current Nation on "The Prospect of a Premium on Gold...
...obituary notice of Wendell Phillips, '31, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, '41, has been reprinted from the "Nation" in pamphlet form, by Lee and Shepard...
...March 25. Subjects: 1. Ought the government do anything to aid in reviving the commerce of the United States? 2. What ought to be considered the real issues in the coming presidential-election contest? 3. Why does poverty tend to increase as the population and wealth of a nation increase? 4. The influence of religion upon plastic art and painting. 5. Define realism as exemplified in novel writing. 6. The influence of Aristotle on modern thought...
...country averse to large standing armies. Consequently corps of well educated officers and military schools where men are instructed to become officers are wanting. West Point is scarcely able to turn out enough officers to command our present small shadow of an army. In time of trouble the nation will have to depend for the most part on leaders chosen from the more intelligent citizens. In this class the college graduate figures prominently and should in case of sudden need be prepared to take the lead in upholding principles or repelling foreign enemies. How much better it would have been...