Eight Years with Wilson's Cabinet, 1913 to 1920: With a Personal Estimate of the President, Volumen1Doubleday, Page, 1926 - 369 páginas Memoirs of David F. Houston's experiences as a member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet. |
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... effect that the President - elect wanted me in his Cabinet , that his plans would be thrown out of gear if I declined , and that I must accept . I answered by telegram that I would accept , if it was understood that I might retire at ...
... effect that the President - elect wanted me in his Cabinet , that his plans would be thrown out of gear if I declined , and that I must accept . I answered by telegram that I would accept , if it was understood that I might retire at ...
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... effect : " I do not believe it . Houston was on the train with me all the way from St. Louis . He would have said something to me about it . ' " " When he got to the Capitol , he asked Stone if he knew Missouri was to have a ...
... effect : " I do not believe it . Houston was on the train with me all the way from St. Louis . He would have said something to me about it . ' " " When he got to the Capitol , he asked Stone if he knew Missouri was to have a ...
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... Houses , who would rejoice as much as I would to be released from this unbearable situation . " The effect of this statement was immediately noticeable . The crowd scattered like rats , and business could be [ 71 ] FOREIGN PROBLEMS.
... Houses , who would rejoice as much as I would to be released from this unbearable situation . " The effect of this statement was immediately noticeable . The crowd scattered like rats , and business could be [ 71 ] FOREIGN PROBLEMS.
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... . We admire your fine local spirit and your loyalty . We will concede all your oratory . Now , with this preface , will you proceed in your own way ? " It was amusing to note the effect of this . [ 106 ] EIGHT YEARS WITH WILSON'S CABINET.
... . We admire your fine local spirit and your loyalty . We will concede all your oratory . Now , with this preface , will you proceed in your own way ? " It was amusing to note the effect of this . [ 106 ] EIGHT YEARS WITH WILSON'S CABINET.
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... effect of this . It took much wind out of some very big sails , which thereafter sagged and flapped greatly . One further request put the finish- ing touch on oratory . It was that each speaker make his statement sitting down , so that ...
... effect of this . It took much wind out of some very big sails , which thereafter sagged and flapped greatly . One further request put the finish- ing touch on oratory . It was that each speaker make his statement sitting down , so that ...
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Página 255 - I say sustained so far as may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by vast loans.
Página 156 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
Página 31 - This is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication. Here muster, not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity. Men's hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang in the balance; men's hopes call upon us to say what we will do.
Página 366 - select classes of mankind are no longer the governors of mankind. The fortunes of mankind are now in the hands of the plain people of the whole world.
Página 135 - ... to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag.
Página 30 - The feelings with which we face this new age of right and opportunity sweep across our heartstrings like some air out of God's own presence, where justice and mercy are reconciled and the judge and the brother are one.
Página 55 - We must abolish everything that bears even the semblance of privilege or of any kind of artificial advantage, and put our business men and producers under the stimulation of a constant necessity to be efficient, economical, and enterprising, masters of competitive supremacy, better workers and merchants than any in the world.
Página 254 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making — we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
Página 303 - Force. Force to the utmost. Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.
Página 127 - We must depend in every time of national peril, in the future as in the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms.