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Thus Great Britain, the mother country from which Americans have inherited so many institutions, laws, and traditions, passed in turn through the periods of extreme paternalism, glorified competition, and governmental antagonism to labor combinations, into what may be called the age of conciliation.
The Federation here spoke of "the American institution of unrestricted production," which can mean nothing less than unrestricted competition, and condemned the "Steel Trust" because it controls production, whereas the regulation or control of production is precisely the most essential thing to be desired in a progressive industrial society a control, of course, to be turned as soon as possible to the benefit of all the people.
"I thought you were all sovereigns over there already, said Lady Willow. 'Oh, we are, but that's just the trouble. There is too much competition in the queen business; there are too many of us, and so we exchange our sovereignty for the lesser titles of duchesses and countesses and all that. "It is no trivial thing, I ween, To be a regular Royal Queen.
Moreover, they take a keen pride in what they are doing; so that, independent of the reward, they wish to turn out a perfect job. This is the great secret of our success in competition with the labor of foreign countries.
Susanoo, however, disavows all evil intentions, and agrees to prove his sincerity by taking an oath and engaging in a Kami-producing competition, the condition being that if his offspring be female, the fact shall bear condemnatory import, but if male, the verdict shall be in his favour.
No, it was the girl herself who claimed him. He understood the sheer design of the Skandinavia in sending so perfect a creature to him. That was easy. It only helped to prove their desire their urgent desire to free themselves from the threat of his competition. But he wondered at their selection.
By the elements of competition, chance, and possible danger they bring out and the excitement thereby engendered. Training, therefore introduces these elements into drills as much as it can.
"There cannot be rivalry, mamma, where there is no competition," I said. "Cannot there?" said mamma. "You never told us, Daisy, of your successes in the North." I do not think I flushed at all in answer to this remark; the blood seemed to me to go all to my heart. "Who has been Daisy's trumpeter?" papa asked. "There is a friend of hers here," mamma said, slowly sipping her coffee.
But, confining itself chiefly to large public works, it could not escape from the competition system; and it had lost in far more competitions than it had won. It was always, and always would be, at the mercy of an Assessor.
La Harpe reckons up nearly a thousand tragedies which have been acted or printed since the death of Racine; and of these not more than thirty, besides those of Voltaire, have kept possession of the stage. Notwithstanding, therefore, the great competition in this department, the tragic treasures of the French are far from ample.
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