Harper's Magazine, Volume 141Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen Harper & Brothers, 1920 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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Page 42
... - especially when cotton is both scarce and expensive . On the other hand , there is no reason why we should not sprinkle our streets with chlorinated water in the interest of good health . That is 42 HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
... - especially when cotton is both scarce and expensive . On the other hand , there is no reason why we should not sprinkle our streets with chlorinated water in the interest of good health . That is 42 HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
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... interest of good health . That is something we " haven't got around to " yet , although the experiment was tried , once , over a small area , in Philadelphia , for a little while , without keeping any records , and , since nobody ...
... interest of good health . That is something we " haven't got around to " yet , although the experiment was tried , once , over a small area , in Philadelphia , for a little while , without keeping any records , and , since nobody ...
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... interest in the amatory fortunes of her fellow - creatures was al- truistic in nature , but it must be ad- mitted that she enjoyed the playing of the game ; we all take pleasure in the practice of an art at which we are ac- counted ...
... interest in the amatory fortunes of her fellow - creatures was al- truistic in nature , but it must be ad- mitted that she enjoyed the playing of the game ; we all take pleasure in the practice of an art at which we are ac- counted ...
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... interests us for the moment . Be- cause it is in education , the education of the employer as well as of the employee , that the ultimate solution of our vexed labor problem , if ultimate solution there really be , apparently must rest ...
... interests us for the moment . Be- cause it is in education , the education of the employer as well as of the employee , that the ultimate solution of our vexed labor problem , if ultimate solution there really be , apparently must rest ...
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... interests was taking place the worker was largely forgotten . Management was interposed between men and ownership and ... interest in his present or his future welfare except as his day's effort might be utilized for the production of ...
... interests was taking place the worker was largely forgotten . Management was interposed between men and ownership and ... interest in his present or his future welfare except as his day's effort might be utilized for the production of ...
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Page 480 - Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions; indeed, we have a natural repugnance to so doing. We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any of our assumptions leads us to seek every manner of excuse for clinging to them. The result is that most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. I remember years ago attending a public...
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Page 481 - Opinions, on the other hand, which are the result of experience or of honest reasoning do not have this quality of "primary certitude." I remember when as a youth I heard a group of business men discussing the question of the immortality of the soul, I was outraged by the sentiment of doubt expressed by one of the party. As I look back now I see that I had at the time no interest in the matter and certainly no least argument to urge in favor of the belief in which I had been reared. But neither my...
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Page 481 - ... primary certitude." I remember when as a youth I heard a group of business men discussing the question of the immortality of the soul, I was outraged by the sentiment of doubt expressed by one of the party. As I look back now I see that I had at the time no interest in the matter, and certainly no least. argument to urge in favor of the belief in which I had been reared. But neither my personal indifference to the issue, nor the fact that I had previously given it no attention, served to prevent...
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