Hidden Faults in a Star Employee Mentioned
A harsh critique targets a worker's repeated failures to follow directions and finish tasks. The missive likens carelessness to a threat to commerce, urging discipline, consistency, and attention to detail to avoid being blacklisted or dismissed.
Protecting forests and wasteful habits threaten future wealth
The piece laments vanishing wildlife and forests due to reckless depletion. It argues for stricter timber protection, notes the economic costs of overuse, and urges a shift away from wasteful policies to restore balance and conserve resources.
The Fourth of July and the Autocrat Hughes
A critique contrasts scientific progress with idle inaction and praises meritocracy. It cites Charles Evans Hughes, son of a rural preacher, former New York governor and Supreme Court justice, as the Republican presidential candidate.
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Charles Evans Hughes
New York
Supreme Court
Republican Party
United States of America
The Call to Arms and Mockery of Cowards in Wartime Verse
A speaker condemns a critic who refuses to fight for any country. He recalls Macedonia and a man who served his land yet mocked by rivals. The poem warns that such shoddy talk weakens national resolve and praises Minute Men ready to die, declaring ancestral valor will out.
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Macedonia
Instinct and Etiquette Distinguish True Gentility
The piece argues that etiquette can teach manners but cannot change character. Training polishes behavior, yet cads remain unaltered beneath superficial manners. True gentleness resists mimicry, and integrity reveals itself under stress regardless of social polish.
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