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Page 33 - And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page 159 - States against aiding, countenancing, abetting, or taking part in such unlawful proceedings; and I do hereby warn all persons engaged in or connected with said...
Page 159 - President of the United States, do hereby admonish all good citizens of the United States and all persons within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States against aiding, countenancing, abetting, or taking part in such unlawful proceedings...
Page x - ... 77, my agencies have been busily employed by great railway, manufacturing and other corporations, for the purpose of bringing the leaders and instigators of the dark deeds of those days to the punishment they so richly deserve. Hundreds have been punished. Hundreds more will be punished. My first purpose was to present the history of the great strikes in such a way that the effective work since done by scores of my men could be seen.^ But I have found this impossible, as many of the operations,...
Page 25 - How primitive and uncivil it looks in such company — a real barbarian in the parlor. We are so unused to the human anatomy, to simple, unadorned nature, that it looks a little repulsive ; but it is beautiful for all that. Though it be a black foot and an unwashed foot, it shall be exalted. It is a thing of life amid leather, a free spirit amid cramped, a wild bird amid caged, an athlete amid comsumptives. It is the symbol of my order — the Order of
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| Title | STRIKERS, COMMUNISTS, TRAMPS AND DETECTIVES |
| Author | ALLAN PINKERTON |
| Published | 1878 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 17, 2006 |
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