 I know it; and what foolery to be toasting an "independent press." We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the...  Corruption in American Politics and Life - Page 125by Robert Clarkson Brooks - 1910 - 309 pagesFull view - About this book
 | E. J. Schellhous - Constitutional history - 1883 - 362 pages
..."Independent Press"! We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are j urn ping-jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.'1 "The bloom of sorrowful conviction... | |
 | E. J. Schellhous - Constitutional history - 1883 - 362 pages
..."Independent Press"! We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.'' "The bloom of sorrowful conviction... | |
 | Milford Wriarson Howard - Wealth - 1895 - 292 pages
...for his daily bread; or, for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it; and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.'...tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. 116 We are jumping-jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our... | |
 | Lyman E. Stowe - Astrology - 1896 - 414 pages
...know this and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an "Independent Press." We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping...jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talent, our possibilities are all the property of other men. We are Intellectual prostitutes." None... | |
 | Medicine - 1897 - 558 pages
...be toasting an independent press. We are the tools and -vassals of the rich men behind the screens. "We are jumping jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talent, our possibilities, are all the property of other men. "We are intellectual prostitutes." Some... | |
 | Lester Frank Ward - Sociology - 1903 - 646 pages
...for his daily bread ; or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it ; and what foolery to be toasting an " independent press."...the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are lumping-lacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities,... | |
 | Aeneas McCharles - Canada - 1908 - 260 pages
...it; and what foolery it is to be toasting the independent press. We are the tools and vassals of the rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, are the property of other... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Frantzius - Germany - 1916 - 106 pages
...'Independent Press.' We are tools and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents,...are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitute s." With the permission of Mr. Poultney Bigelow, the American author, I herewith quote extracts... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Frantzius - Germany - 1916 - 104 pages
...for his daily bread, or, for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this and I know it ; and what foolery to be toasting an 'Independent Press.'...the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities,... | |
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