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napora 47 Joe Napora cronus We are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old. — from the Preamble to the I. W.W. Constitution God damned dumb Paul Bunyan he carried an ax with one blunt end so it was used both ways say as a hammer and a sickle dumb Bunyan never knew the time of day, or night or Sweet Jesus any time was good enough to laugh and fight, carving out mountains of timber falling into a drunk with friends who also took the measure of the trees, what good times, and all of it, every word a line published by The National Wood Manufacturers' Association advertisement pamphlet. Wages were below the dead line. Air in the camps clotted the lungs. The food harder to swallow than the truth that their lives grew shorter in giant leaps and bounds. Men turned 48 the minnesota review into timber beasts turned into living machines left wrecked into the clearings in the woods. Now time ravaged and abandoned pieces that the Wobblies wanted to return into a man. titan If you take 1,400,000,000, multiply it by 1,400,000,000, multiply that by 1,000,000 multiply that by millions, multiply that by infinity, that's God. If you take 1,400,000,000 subtract 1,400,000,000, subtract millions, subtract, subtract, subtract, subtract on down, that's you. •Billy Sunday O) I left off my Louisville Slugger for a club for Jesus; it is a blunt instrument but you cannot be saved by grammar. (2) I learned to deliver the goods for God. My average being $2.00 per soul. (3) I don't use much highfalutin language. I put the cookies on the lowest shelf. (4) I helped sell $100,000,000 in Liberty Bonds. President Wilson said, "God bless you and your work." napora 49 (5) The chairman of my Evangelistic Committee was Stephen Baker president of the Bank of Manhattan and the Bank of the Metropolis. (6) The average population of the cities I preached in was 76,000 in 1913, and 1,750,000 in 1917. (7) Men who promoted my revivals: 3 Johns — Rockerfeller, Wannamaker, Studebaker; S.S. Kresge; H.J. Heinz; J. Ogden Armour. (8) Played for the Chicago Whitestockings. The diamond was my life. I was best at base stealing. (9) Against Detroit Charley Bennett hit a high one. It was going over the crowd, I yelled "Get out of the way." The crowd opened, I leaped those benches. I said, "Lord, if you ever helped a mortal man, help me get that ball." I went over the benches as though wings were carrying me. My hand out. The ball struck. And stuck. I won the game. That catch was worth $1,500. It was my first great lesson in prayer. (10) I once struck out 13 times in a row. I was bad on strikes but I never gave up. I say, they've been crying peace. There is no peace. 50 the minnesota review OD Some say God is nothing. I got up and told them to me he is something solid, immutable, the real thing. 24 karat gold. (12) My real name is William Ashly Sunday ...