SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Ilaine who wrote (37815)11/30/1998 1:07:00 PM
From: accountclosed  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Grant is tops. Money of the mind is a history of debacles created by excess credit.



To: Ilaine who wrote (37815)11/30/1998 9:52:00 PM
From: Mike M2  Respond to of 132070
 
CB, i read Grant's " Money of the Mind" a long time ago and i liked it. If you can find it I would read Robert Patterson's " The Great Boom and Panic" especially chapter 12 it's about the 20's - a period we seem to be repeating :) Mike



To: Ilaine who wrote (37815)12/1/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: Merritt  Respond to of 132070
 
CB:

The Grotto of Antiparos...Goldsmith
Industry necessary for the Orator...H.Ware, Jr.
Schemes of Life often Illusory...Dr. Johnson
Speech before the Virginia Convention...Patrick Henry
The Hour of Prayer...Mrs.Hemans
Rienzi's address to the Romans...Miss Mitford
Elegy in a Country Church-Yard...Gray

Those are only a few of the exercises contained in McGuffeys New Sixth Eclectic Reader, published by Wilson, Hinkle & Co., 1887