Cards and Chips by Herbert Kaufman
A compact essay argues wealth comes from personal effort not luck or inheritance. It emphasizes self reliance, education, and disciplined planning as keys to wealth, noting successful figures rise from humble starts through hard work and foresight. It warns against reliance on fortune or privilege.
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Herbert Kaufman
Atlantic
You Can Do As You Please Not in Every Place
A 1918 editorial urges adaptation to circumstance and relocation for opportunity. It defends regulated liberty within laws, stressing that democracy binds individuals for mutual interests while preserving security against excess. Copyright notice attributed to Herbert Kaufman.
Field Hospital Ethics in Wartime Butchery and Survival
The piece exposes a brutal wartime mindset where lives are weighed by utility. It depicts hospital trains, dissections for science, and the cruel calculus of greater good. Amid screams and gore, questions rise about annihilation versus saving many. An enemy casualty is deemed expendable.
Believe Me Bo on the Japanese Question Voice
A rough neck speaker argues that immigration law favoritism and racial hierarchies drive national tension. He asserts Japan has military power and will force issues, condemns pacifist views, and urges a bold stance despite doubts about war readiness. The piece blends bravado with xenophobic rhetoric.
Truth in Precision Across Professions and Arts
The passage extols exactness and preparation as keys to successful work across fields. It argues that excessive wording wastes effort, a single well crafted sentence clarifies better than long argument, and mastery comes from practice, focus, and eliminating confusion.
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Charles A. Dana
Paderewski