Ah, Governor [Murphy, of New Jersey], don't try to deceive me as to the sentiment of the dear people. I have been hearing from the... West and the East, and the South seems to be the only section which approves of me at all, and that comes from merely a generous impulse, for even that section would deny me its votes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The best political economy is the care and culture of men; for, in these crises, all are ruined except such as are proper individu...als, capable of thought, and of new choice and the application of their talent to new labor.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The structure was designed by an old sea captain who believed that the world would end in a flood. He built a home in the traditio...nal shape of the Ark, inverted, with the roof forming the hull of the proposed vessel. The builder expected that the deluge would cause the house to topple and then reverse itself, floating away on its roof until it should land on some new Ararat.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Once, when lying in bed with no paper at hand, he began to sketch the idea for a new machine on the back of his wife's nightgown. ...He asked her if she knew the figure he was drawing. "Yes," she answered, "the figure of a fool."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To motorists bound to or from the Jersey shore, Perth Amboy consists of five traffic lights that sometimes tie up week-end traffic... for miles. While cars creep along or come to a prolonged halt, drivers lean out to discuss with each other this red menace to freedom of the road.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I believe that Harmon would be the easiest to defeat, though he might gain much strength from the Republicans. Clark would surely ...lose New York. I am beginning to feel that by some stroke of genius they may name Woodrow Wilson, and that seems a pretty hard tussle.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Here was a place where nothing was crystallized. There were no traditions, no customs, no college songs .... There were no rules a...nd regulations. All would have to be thought of, planned, built up, created--what a magnificent opportunity!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Reporters for tabloid newspapers beat a path to the park entrance each summer when the national convention of nudists is held, but... the cult's requirement that visitors disrobe is an obstacle to complete coverage of nudist news. Local residents interested in the nudist movement but as yet unwilling to affiliate make observations from rowboats in Great Egg Harbor River.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Alexander Woollcott broadcasts the story of the wife who returned a dog to the Seeing Eye with this note attached: "I am sending t...he dog back. My husband used to depend on me. Now he is independent, and I never know where he is."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »