Word: trades
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...would not be marvelous to find some day that there is not one licensed saloon under the American flag, greater things than this have been done before. Science, medicine and all are against the liquor trade and some day the people will realize its awful workings and it will be crushed...
...must remember that it is not the man by himself who is to work miracles, nor the tools which he uses, but the power of God working through the man. So it is that the banks and commerce and trade of our nation, the tools of men, are not to settle the destiny of the nation, but the spirit of the bankers and tradesmen. The Church is not guided by its external forms but by the godliness of the worshiper...
...farsightedness in planning, that great commanders in war possess; but, as truly, some of the leaders are thoroughly unscrupulous, with nerves and consciences equally hardened. Indeed if a successful financier is a man of light character, it is more accident than a natural result of the standard of trade. And beyond this, the masses are sifted down, made machines of, told to follow and obey, and thus the best that is in them is never given a chance to express itself...
...Jeremiah Griffin, a fellow worker of Mr. Hadley, told in a simple and effective manner the story of his life. Born of respectable parents he received an ordinary education and learned the trade of an iron moulder. His fondness for drink proved his ruin, and seven years ago he was a wretched outcast of the worst type. He struggled in vain against his terrible failing, till through the efforts of Mr. Hadley he was brought to pray to Jesus Christ. That alone saved him and Mr. Griffin says that is the only thing can save others...
...collection contains five documents; 1 Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures, 1790, "the strongest presentation of the case for protection which has been made by any American statesman;" 2. Gallatin's Memorial of the Free Trade Convention, 1832, a sober and stately public document, and in manner and matter a model of what a discussion of the tariff question should be; 3. Walker's Treasury Report of 1845, which after giving the figures of the Treasury, discusses the tariff and presents the case against protection; 4 and 5. Speeches on the tariff in the House of Representatives...