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Well, then, 20 years later, which would be 1985, he analyzed the same situation in his lectures at Harvard called the Godkin lectures, and that was called Family and Nation.
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Sometimes, however, we meet with individuals whose peculiarities suggest the origin of their names: a tall, slender, long-necked man named Crane; or a timid, retiring student named Leverett; or an over-confident, supercilious person called Godkin In the name of Hawthorne also we may imagine a curious significance: “When the may is on the thorn,” says Tennyson.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906
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In closing, I cannot do better than quote what may be called Godkin's farewell words, printed forty days before the attack of cerebral hemorrhage which ended his active career.
Historical Essays James Ford Rhodes 1887
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Sometimes, however, we meet with individuals whose peculiarities suggest the origin of their names: a tall, slender, long-necked man named Crane; or a timid, retiring student named Leverett; or an over-confident, supercilious person called Godkin In the name of Hawthorne also we may imagine a curious significance: "When the may is on the thorn," says Tennyson.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Frank Preston Stearns 1881
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DE Daniel Godkin — At 6-3, 225 pounds, the other half of the Vegas connection just sounds like a Navy DE.
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Roosevelt who would go on to earn the title of the great "trust-buster," wasn't considered enough of a buster for Godkin because he had refused to break with the Republican party over the nomination of James Blaine, a supporter of the old political patronage mill.
Marc Epstein: What Is the Meaning of LIFO: You're Fired Mr. Chips! Marc Epstein 2011
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The failed candidate was Theodore Roosevelt who rather than enjoying the unbridled support of the New York Post, ran afoul of E.L. Godkin and the paper's editorial page.
Marc Epstein: What Is the Meaning of LIFO: You're Fired Mr. Chips! Marc Epstein 2011
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DE Daniel Godkin -- At 6-3, 225 pounds, the other half of the Vegas connection just sounds like a Navy DE.
Navy - Team Notes 2010
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E. L. Godkin, the editor of the Nation, might have been speaking for all of them when he lamented the “gaudy stream of bespangled, belaced and beruffled barbarians” flooding New York.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Plenty of people knew how to get money, Godkin observed, but to be rich properly required “culture, imagination and character.”
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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