To Jurgis the packers had been the equivalent to fate; Ostrinski showed him that they were the Beef Trust. They were a gigantic combination of capita… - Upton Sinclair

Everybody agreed that the styles for that summer of 1914 were the most extreme since the Restoration,

Life on board the Oriole exemplified the old-time saying: “Whose bread I eat, his song I sing

He learned that love is not all pleasure, but can be agony and heartache, martyrdom and sacrifice. He learned what the clergyman was talking about in the marriage service: for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till death do us part.