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Then the long-headed man with care-chiselled face who sat in the White House saw the inevitable, and emancipated the slaves of rebels on New Year's, 1863. A month later Congress called earnestly for the Negro soldiers whom the act of July, 1862, had half grudgingly allowed to enlist. Thus the barriers were levelled and the deed was done.
Eddy's commentaries. Value of this Strait-jacket. One must not underrate the magnificence of this long-headed idea, one must not underestimate its giant possibilities in the matter of trooping the Church solidly together and keeping it so. It squelches independent inquiry, and makes such a thing impossible, profane, criminal, it authoritatively settles every dispute that can arise.
This long-headed parent had never mentioned his income to his children, who, seeing that he lived in a cheap way, reflected that he had deprived himself of his property for their sakes, and, therefore, redoubled their attentions and tenderness. In fact, he would sometimes say to his sons: "Don't lose your property; remember, I have none to leave you."
"Well, sir, so you see, bein' given to deep ways of thinkin' o' my own, I had many bouts at arguin' Scripthur as every longheaded man has, of coorse an' yestherday meetin' wid Brian Broghan, the mealman him that keeps it up on the poor, sir he challenged me, but, in three skips of a Scotch Gray, I sacked him cleaner than one of his own meal bags, and dusted him afterwards: 'so, says he, misther Grattan, see what it is to be long-headed."
"No, we should not want to go alone," she said. "Steve's a bright business-man. John's long-headed, if he isn't quite so brilliant. Ben will be all for books and travel. And Jim well, it's odd, but there won't be a farmer among them." "No," returned their mother, not knowing whether to be glad or sorry. "Then farming is changing. And the near-by places are turning into towns.
But it did look Tough to see Mere Children of about twenty-three Years of Age going after the Dry Manhattans. After sounding the Men on the Liquor Question the long-headed Girl made a solemn Resolve that she would never hit up anything stronger than Cherry Sundae. She was invited to a Swell Dinner Party at which all the Nice Men in Town were to be rounded up.
Then the long-headed man, with care-chiseled face, who sat in the White House, saw the inevitable, and emancipated the slaves of rebels on New Year's, 1863. A month later Congress called earnestly for the Negro soldiers whom the act of July, 1862, had half grudgingly allowed to enlist. Thus the barriers were leveled, and the deed was done.
Martin informed me the firm never paid in advance, as cholera carried off people in a few hours cheerful, wasn't it? And if I were carried off, where would you be?" "Here, my boy, and in the deepest grief." "Well, thanking you all the same, I will not touch a penny of your money; but I know you are long-headed and may think of some scheme for me.
Long-headed, thrifty industry, a sound hatred of waste, imprudence, idleness, extravagance, the feet planted firmly upon the earth, a conscientious sense that the worldly virtues are, nevertheless, very necessary virtues, that without these, honesty for one thing is not possible, and that without honesty no other excellence, religious or moral, is worth anything at all this is the stuff of which Scotch life was made, and very good stuff it is.
Nathanael shook his head mischievously, greatly to the amusement of his wife, who had stolen up to see what was going on, and stood hanging on his arm and peeping over at the illegible paper. "Excellent plan, Marmaduke very long-headed. You give them Christmas dinners, and they give you votes." "Bless you, no! That would be bribery.
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