"People began to understand that with the acquisition……" — John Moody
"People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned."
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22 Quotes by John Moody
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The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast…
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Great men are usually the products of their times and one of the men developed by these times takes rank…
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As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big…
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Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off…
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Farmers, merchants, manufacturers, and the traveling public have all had their troubles with the transportation lines, and the difficulties to…
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Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.
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In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these…
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In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat,…
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Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and…
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The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly…
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The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the…
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The financial history of the Baltimore and Ohio since the close of the nineteenth century is interesting chiefly in connection…
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More Acquisition Quotes
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To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the…
— Jane Austen
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It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen…
— John Cage
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The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive…
— J. G. Holland
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All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.
— Robert Bunsen
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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances -…
— Peter Drucker
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The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and…
— J. William Fulbright
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Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to…
— Bahá'u'lláh
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
— William James
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If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as…
— William James
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Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for…
— Lev S. Vygotsky
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