Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, Volume 45

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman, 1908
 

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Page 104 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 255 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter !— all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 650 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore.
Page 256 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more ; it is intercourse/^ It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 83 - Attorney in the District Court of the United States having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of such District Attorney to bring such suits upon duly verified information being lodged with him of such violation having occurred.
Page 83 - That it shall be the duty of the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce the provisions of this act. and all powers heretofore granted to said Commission are hereby extended to it for the purpose of the enforcement of this act. Sec. 5. That the term "common carrier...
Page 256 - Commerce, in its simplest signification, means an exchange of goods; but in the advancement of society, labor, transportation, intelligence, care, and various mediums of exchange, become commodities, and enter into commerce; the subject, the vehicle, the agent, and their various operations, become the objects of commercial regulation.
Page 84 - But there can be found running through our legal literature many remarkable statements that an act perfectly lawful when done by one person becomes by some sort of legerdemain criminal when done by two or more persons actIng in concert, and this upon the theory that the concerted action amounts to a conspiracy. But with this doctrine we do not agree. If an individual Is clothed with a right when acting alone, he does not lose such right merely by acting with others, each of whom Is clothed with the...
Page 643 - Tis better we commence at home, And from that point begin. We have no right to judge a man Until he's fairly tried ; Should we not like his company, We know the world is wide. Some may have faults — and who has not? The old as well as young; Perhaps we may, for aught we know, Have fifty to their one. I'll tell you of a better plan, And find it works full well — To try my own defects to cure. Before of others
Page 83 - common carrier" as used in this Act shall include the receiver or receivers or other persons or corporations charged with the duty of the management and operation of the business of a common carrier.

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