Archive for David Starr Jordan
The Moral Aspect of the Protective Tariff
David Starr Jordan (1851-1931), a scientist and educator, was the first president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913, and as chancellor, 1913 to 1916. Among his books were The Human Harvest and War and Waste. This essay is from The Independent (Vol. XVI, #3130, November 26, 1908), pp. 1209-1211. Every [...]
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