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The waste of capital in proportion to the total capital in this country between 1800 and 1850 in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation was enormous.

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Communication,

Author:

William Graham Sumner
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Category: Communication

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders.
  • 2. I began to speak well at a very advanced age – 15 16 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.
  • 3. We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Hawaii was beautiful of course we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.
  • 2. I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.
  • 3. You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ whaddya know – I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

3 Anger

  • 1. Our task of course is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think in fact that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
  • 2. You will not be punished for your anger you will be punished by your anger.
  • 3. Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. On this important anniversary we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.
  • 2. More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
  • 3. We are not the same persons this year as last nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we changing continue to love a changed person.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
  • 2. The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.
  • 3. Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
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