 It is the same everywhere from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Men seem to live in the future rather than in the present: not that they fail to work while it is called to-day, but that they see the country not merely as it is, but as it will be, twenty,...  Social Institutions of the United States - Stran 253avtor: James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1891 - 298 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1908 - 866 strani
...Men seem to live in the future rather than in the present : not that they fail to work while v ___ it is called to-day, but that they see the country...air of ceaseless haste and stress which pervades the West.7 They remind you of the crowd •which Vathek found in the hall of Eblis, each darting hither... | |
 | Frederic Logan Paxson - 1911 - 648 strani
...confidence of these Westerns is superb," wrote James Bryce, who was a guest on Villard's special train. "Men seem to live in the future rather than in the...when the seedlings shall have grown to forest trees." The Western demand for new States was stronger than the disposition of Congress to admit them. From... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting - 1912 - 284 strani
...pp. 526-536. 6 Memoirs of Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier (Cambridge, 1904), ii, p. 311. [79] to work while it is called today, but that they see...when the seedlings shall have grown to forest trees. ' ' 7 From the census tables of 1880 may be extracted the condition of the five northern territories... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1912 - 286 strani
...Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier (Cambridge, 1904), II, p. 311. Wisconsin Historical Society to work while it is called today, but that they see...hence, when the seedlings shall have grown to forest trees."7 From the census tables of 1880 may be extracted the condition of the five northern territories... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1914 - 978 strani
...hands with everybody. However, 1 In 1910 Minneapolis had 301,400 inhabitants and St. Paul 214,700. the feature of the ceremonial which struck us Europeans...air of ceaseless haste and stress which pervades the West.1 They remind you of the crowd which Vathek found in the hall of Eblis, each darting hither and... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1915 - 976 strani
...hands with everybody. However, 1 In 1910 Minneapolis had 301,400 inhabitants and St. Paul 211,700. the feature of the ceremonial which struck us Europeans...constant reaching forward to and grasping at the future docs not so much express itself in words, for they are not a loquacious people, as in the air of ceaseless... | |
 | Frederic Logan Paxson - 1924 - 626 strani
...where there were hopes rather than inhabitants. "The confidence of these Westerns is superb," he wrote. "Men seem to live in the future rather than in the...years hence, when the seedlings shall have grown to be forest trees." The starting of a capitol at Bismarck was evidence that in Dakota the intention was... | |
 | Francis Asbury Sampson, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker - 1925 - 788 strani
...corner stone of the prairie capito! at Bismarck, wrote, "The confidence of these westerns is superb. Men seem to live in the future rather than in the...merely as it is, but as it will be twenty, fifty, or a hundred years hence." But the triumphs of our morning have shrunk into the sober documents of... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1912 - 290 strani
...Financier (Cambridge, 1904), ii, p. 311. to work while it is called today, but that they see the cowrrtry- not merely as it is, but as it will be, twenty, fifty,...when the seedlings shall have grown to forest trees/' 7 From the census tables of 1880 may be extracted the condition •of the five northern territories... | |
 | Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes - 1999 - 250 strani
...new meaning to the observation ot James Bryce that westerners "seem to live in the future rather than the present; not that they fail to work while it is...when the seedlings shall have grown to forest trees." Unfortunately for the management ot the Chicago, Milwaukee ,vnd St. Paul, its vision of the future... | |
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