Verbatim Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Street-Railway Association

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Office of the Association, 1897

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Strana 166 - You'd scarce expect one of my age, To speak in public on the stage ; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by.
Strana 229 - Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal Rest and Happiness: nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart, an Image of Beauty; to remain there, changeless and indelible, until its pulses cease to beat, for ever.
Strana 229 - It was not until I came on Table Rock, and looked - Great Heaven, on what a fall of bright- green water! - that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one - instant and lasting - of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace.
Strana 229 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Strana 216 - For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood. I only speak right on...
Strana 172 - An' tie her to de mas'. Den he also tak' de life preserve, An' jomp off on de lak', An' say, 'Good-bye, ma Rosie dear, I go drown for your sak'.
Strana 176 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Strana 172 - An' s'pose she blow some more, You can't get drown on Lac St Pierre So long you stay on shore.
Strana 239 - This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a regular meeting...
Strana 28 - Association," and its office shall be at the place where the Secretary resides. OBJECT. II. The object of this Association shall be the acquisition of experimental, statistical and scientific knowledge, relating to the construction, equipment and operation of street railways...

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