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...campaign which is before me, and as a duty which I owe not simply to a party but to the citizens of the United States, I pledge myself to adhere to the truth and to the common-sense conclusions to 'be drawn therefrom...
...place in British political history is certainly great. His statesmanship was of a high order and as a politician his influence was far-reaching. How much does ex-Premier Asquith owe to his predecessor? Probably he himself could not answer that question. Both men have carried on a British tradition in that they were both Premiers of high intellectual attainments. But it remains to be said of Sir Henry that he prepared the way for the Long Parliament of Mr. Asquith (1908-1915) by his efficient conduct in Parliament and by his masterly management of the Liberal Party. He inculcated...
...Government will not have in the fund, in 1945, $2,500,000,000. All it will have will be its own obligations, and it will owe $2,500,000,000 cash. It will then be necessary to sell to the public this $2,500,000,000 of bonds?a major operation in finance which may be disastrous at that time and may jeopardize the value of federal securities then outstanding...
...owe to you and to the people of the United States the duty to see that the Treasury conduct efficiently and faithfully the great tasks continuously presented to it, that its integrity be preserved and that its future be insured. This has been my sole thought as head of this department...
...Ocean" showed startling figures dealing with the pressure it exerts upon itself. "If the ocean were not compressible," he says, "sea level would be 200 feet higher than it is now. It is to this fact, than the ocean can sit upon itself, so to speak, that we owe our present safety...