The Commission therefore refused to recommend a special exception to the rules unless he would prove that he was eligible under the rules to take an examination for the same position.

Such action, however, required a special exception to the rules.

by virtue of the authority in me vested, and in pursuance of said Act of the Congress, approved July 1, 1902, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the following described lands be, and the same are hereby, reserved for naval…

I do not wish us ever as a nation to take a position from which we have to retreat.

He is in honor bound to make such return.

Do not make threats at all, but if it becomes necessary to say what, in a certain contingency we are going to do, say it and then do it.

A gentleman does not boast, bluster or bully; he does not insult others.

Years count differently at different places and at different times.

The man who is content to go through life owing his alma mater for an education for which he has made no adequate return is not true to the ideals of American citizenship.

Nothing can add more to our capacity for healthy social enjoyment than, by force of example no less than by precept, to encourage the formation of societies which by their cultivation of music, vocal and instrumental, give great lift to…

Out of and from each we have gained something for our national character; to each we owe something special for what it has contributed to us as a people.

It is gratifying to know, what we would of course assume, that the government of Russia shows the feelings of horror and indignation with which the American people look upon the outrages at Kishineff and is moving vigorously not only to…

The rights and privileges reserved to the Indians of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation by Article 1 of the agreement shall be in no way infringed or modified.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.

We are not to be excused if we selfishly sit down and enjoy gifts that have been given to us and do not try to share them with our poorer fellows coming from every part of the world.

The man who is not a tender and considerate husband, a loving and wise father, is not serving the Lord when he goes to church;

Better lines could surely not be brought into any dedication service of a church; and it is a happy thing that we should have repeated them this morning.

This church is consecrated to service and duty.

This church is consecrated to the service of the Lord; and we can serve Him by the way we serve our fellow-men.

let us so far as strength is given us make it evident to those who look on and who are not of us that our faith is not one of words merely; that it finds expression in deeds.

No more important work can be done by our people; important to the cause of Christianity, important to the cause of true national life and greatness here in our own land,

I have appreciated more than I can say the welcome back home that I have received to-day.

Ours is an age of specialization and the man who is to do industrial work will find himself immeasurably better prepared for it if he can have the proper kind of industrial training.

I believe in children and I like your stock; I am glad it is being kept up.

All men are not merely wicked, but foolish, if they ask privileges to violate the law.