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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. You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
  • 2. Middle age is youth without levity and age without decay.
  • 3. Photography suits the temper of this age – of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas imagery for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting for one who sees quickly and acts decisively accurately.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Being a mother is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me in my life.
  • 2. I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.
  • 3. It's every little girl's dream to have an exact look-alike doll. It's amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face women have been trained to cut off anger.
  • 2. Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant.
  • 3. There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Marriage is the most natural state of man and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.
  • 2. Love grows more tremendously full swift poignant as the years multiply.
  • 3. One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

5 Architecture

  • 1. I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.
  • 2. There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
  • 3. The loftier the building the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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