Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fellow Scotsman and a subscriber to Forbes' semimonthly during its first year's existence, let me say I think one reason why those 950,522 ought-to-be readers of Forbes do not subscribe is because of B.C.'s irritating way of everlastingly singing the praises of successful millionaires?because of the possession of their millions. Despite the logic of his Scottish sermonizing style he has not succeeded in educating us "U. S. wage earners," as you put it, to the viewpoint of the wage-payer, or vice versa...
...necessity." 2) "Men are so simple . . . that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived." 3) "It is unnecessary for a prince to have . . . good qualities . . . but it is very necessary [for him] to appear to have them. ... A prince ought, above all things, always to endeavor in every action to gain for himself the reputation of being a great and remarkable man." 4) "It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat...
...ought to see him shinin' up to it in his quiet way when he thinks nobody is lookin'. He's afeared it won't grow fast enough and he's always feedin...
...face at the small cigar stand that crouched between two pillars of the lobby. They noted too that their cigars that morning had a softer feel, a fresher tang. David A. Schulte had begun business for himself and already was anticipating the contentment of his customers. They ought to appreciate fresh smokes, he had reasoned, and quick service and low prices. They did. Now D. A. Schulte Inc.'s retail stores number 300, many of them at locations he himself picked years ago, as he walked up and down Manhattan dreaming of future selling success...
...farm better today than we did when I was a boy but not as much better as we ought to. ... There is one feature, however, about farm life in America which is seldom, if ever, referred to. ... I refer to the appearance of carelessness and neglect which is so common on our farms. It has always been so; it was so when I was a boy; it is so still. Sometimes I think it is even worse now than was the case 50 years ago. I refer to such things as leaving wagons and farm machinery out in the fields...