| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1884 - 892 pages
...is very strong reason fur suspecting the evidence before us. We must note, in the first place, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to free results from " selection" in some form or other. Take the simple instance of tossing up a halfpenny;... | |
| Charles Gide - Economics - 1909 - 728 pages
...heavy money), but it remains most persistently ; and, as we shall see when we take up Grresham'g law, it is one of the most difficult things in the world to drive light money out of circulation. To maintain the identity of metallic value and legal value, it... | |
| John Jabez Lanier - Church - 1911 - 296 pages
...spiritually born of God — Christian people. VIII DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOHN'S BAPTISM AND CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IT is one of the most difficult things in the world to recover the original Christian meaning of the word " baptism." Nevertheless it is well worth our while... | |
| Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1911 - 346 pages
...culture, a charming personality, and an exquisite manner enhance its value a thousandfold. * * * * It is one of the most difficult things in the world to change our first impression of a person, whether good or bad. We do not realize how rapidly the mind... | |
| 1911 - 502 pages
...foreign shoe manufacturers have over our own, with respect to lower cost of shoe materials, and said that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to get at exact comparisons in this matter. European shoe factory help, he said, does not earn on the... | |
| Courts and courtiers - 1912 - 406 pages
...meet the noted men of the country, but you do not see them elsewhere as you do in European society. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to give a successful ball in Washington, because there are so few available — and presentable — men,... | |
| Richard Johnson Walker - English literature - 1913 - 592 pages
...points. It suggests a method, moreover, of getting rid of spirit-molestations or incursions. * * * * * " It is one of the most difficult things in the world to get clear of the spirits. The best advice is to watch against their activity as one watches against... | |
| Medicine - 1914 - 1056 pages
...patients great harm. Food of any character, and even water, introduced into the stomach will also do harm. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to convince the laity of the propriety of this treatment, but if we can get them to adopt it we will not... | |
| James Henry Tuckwell - Mysticism - 1915 - 372 pages
...noble and pure the particular form we selected. It is necessary to lay stress on this point, because it is one of the most difficult things in the world to treat religion in which our deepest interests are involved in this impartial and philosophical manner.... | |
| John Hastings Turner - 1918 - 328 pages
...nightmare. And the family could discover no motive for the 147 Duke's marriage. For common-sense folk it is one of the most difficult things in the world to imagine an idea or a conviction running riot. Their emotions are orderly, schooled to a scheme, and... | |
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