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Chapter 41. POLICY OF THE FREE HAND

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
PREFACE IX
CONTENTS XIII
ILLUSTRATIONS XVII
Volume One
Chapter 1. HOUR OF TRAVAIL 1
Chapter 2. HOTHOUSE ENVIRONMENT 5
Chapter 3. SCHOOL AT LAST 11
Chapter 4. SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK 17
Chapter 5. EMANCIPATION 24
Chapter 6. BROWN UNIVERSITY 43
Chapter 7. LAW TAKES COMMAND 63
Chapter 8. FIRST YEARS AT THE BAR 74
Chapter 9. OVERFLOWING CUP 83
Chapter 10. BREAKNECK STAIRS 90
Chapter 11. HAPPY INTERLUDE 97
Chapter 12. ATTAINING STATURE 105
Chapter 13. STRENGTH FROM THE ALPS 118
Chapter 14. THE GAS INQUIRY 132
Chapter 15. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATION 140
Chapter 16. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HEARST 169
Chapter 17. FIGHTING GOVERNOR 181
Chapter 18. THE BOSSES RUN RIOT 191
Chapter 19. RETAINER FROM THE PEOPLE 200
Chapter 20. CRUSADER FOR DEMOCRACY 210
Chapter 21. MAN BEHIND THE WHISKERS 218
Chapter 22. FIGHT WITH THE GAMBLERS 225
Chapter 23. WHITE HOUSE ON THE HORIZON 233
Chapter 24. SECOND GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN 240
Chapter 25. THE GOVERNOR'S CONSCIENCE 251
Chapter 26. FAREWELL TO POLITICS 259
Chapter 27. ASCENDING THE SUPREME BENCH 271
Chapter 28. WHITE, HOLMES, AND HUGHES 282
Chapter 29. A FLAT “NO” IN 1912 295
Chapter 30. WELLSPRING OF FEDERAL POWER 303
Chapter 31. THE 1916 NOMINATION 315
Chapter 32. THE CALIFORNIA INCIDENT 335
Chapter 33. THE WAR ISSUE 350
Chapter 34. DEFEAT WITHOUT BITTERNESS 360
Chapter 35. CIVILIAN WAR WORKER 367
Chapter 36. CHAMPION OF LIBERTY 383
Chapter 37. FIGHT OVER THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 395
Chapter 38. BACK TO WASHINGTON 401
Volume Two.
Chapter 39. SECRETARY OF STATE 411
Chapter 40. THE HARDING CABINET 426
Chapter 41. POLICY OF THE FREE HAND 431
Chapter 42. THE PEACE TREATIES 440
Chapter 43. OPENING THE MANDATED ISLANDS 445
Chapter 44. THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE 453
Chapter 45. INSPIRED HOUR 466
Chapter 46. NEGOTIATING THE NAVAL TREATY 474
Chapter 47. THE FOUR-POWER PACT 491
Chapter 48. STABILIZING THE FAR EAST 501
Chapter 49. IN RETROSPECT 507
Chapter 50. PROTECTOR OF RUSSIA—FOE OF LENINISM 523
Chapter 51. THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR 530
Chapter 52. REMOVING CAUSES OF FRICTION 538
Chapter 53. THE HAVANA CONFERENCE 551
Chapter 54. THE HARDING TRAGEDY 562
Chapter 55. ECONOMIC POLICIES 570
Chapter 56. THE STRUGGLE FOR POSTWAR RECOVERY 579
Chapter 57. THE WORLD COURT 594
Chapter 58. THE HUMAN ELEMENT 604
Chapter 59. RESIGNATION 610
Chapter 60. PRIVATE CITIZEN AGAIN 619
Chapter 61. LEADER OF THE BAR 631
Chapter 62. INTERNATIONAL JUDGE 640
Chapter 63. THE HIGHEST JUDICIAL OFFICE 648
Chapter 64. INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT 663
Chapter 65. ORGANIZING THE COURTS FOR EFFICIENCY 683
Chapter 66. MARCHING CONSTITUTION 691
Chapter 67. BALANCE WHEEL OF POWER 704
Chapter 68. GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM 717
Chapter 69. THE NEW DEAL IN COURT 731
Chapter 70. THE COURT-PACKING FIGHT 749
Chapter 71. TRIUMPH OF RESTRAINT 766
Chapter 72. CULMINATION 773
Chapter 73. THE LITTLE FINISHING CANTER 792
Appendix I. DAVID CHARLES HUGHES 807
Appendix II. MARY CATHERINE CONNELLY 809
INDEX 811

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
PREFACE IX
CONTENTS XIII
ILLUSTRATIONS XVII
Volume One
Chapter 1. HOUR OF TRAVAIL 1
Chapter 2. HOTHOUSE ENVIRONMENT 5
Chapter 3. SCHOOL AT LAST 11
Chapter 4. SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK 17
Chapter 5. EMANCIPATION 24
Chapter 6. BROWN UNIVERSITY 43
Chapter 7. LAW TAKES COMMAND 63
Chapter 8. FIRST YEARS AT THE BAR 74
Chapter 9. OVERFLOWING CUP 83
Chapter 10. BREAKNECK STAIRS 90
Chapter 11. HAPPY INTERLUDE 97
Chapter 12. ATTAINING STATURE 105
Chapter 13. STRENGTH FROM THE ALPS 118
Chapter 14. THE GAS INQUIRY 132
Chapter 15. THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATION 140
Chapter 16. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HEARST 169
Chapter 17. FIGHTING GOVERNOR 181
Chapter 18. THE BOSSES RUN RIOT 191
Chapter 19. RETAINER FROM THE PEOPLE 200
Chapter 20. CRUSADER FOR DEMOCRACY 210
Chapter 21. MAN BEHIND THE WHISKERS 218
Chapter 22. FIGHT WITH THE GAMBLERS 225
Chapter 23. WHITE HOUSE ON THE HORIZON 233
Chapter 24. SECOND GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN 240
Chapter 25. THE GOVERNOR'S CONSCIENCE 251
Chapter 26. FAREWELL TO POLITICS 259
Chapter 27. ASCENDING THE SUPREME BENCH 271
Chapter 28. WHITE, HOLMES, AND HUGHES 282
Chapter 29. A FLAT “NO” IN 1912 295
Chapter 30. WELLSPRING OF FEDERAL POWER 303
Chapter 31. THE 1916 NOMINATION 315
Chapter 32. THE CALIFORNIA INCIDENT 335
Chapter 33. THE WAR ISSUE 350
Chapter 34. DEFEAT WITHOUT BITTERNESS 360
Chapter 35. CIVILIAN WAR WORKER 367
Chapter 36. CHAMPION OF LIBERTY 383
Chapter 37. FIGHT OVER THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 395
Chapter 38. BACK TO WASHINGTON 401
Volume Two.
Chapter 39. SECRETARY OF STATE 411
Chapter 40. THE HARDING CABINET 426
Chapter 41. POLICY OF THE FREE HAND 431
Chapter 42. THE PEACE TREATIES 440
Chapter 43. OPENING THE MANDATED ISLANDS 445
Chapter 44. THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE 453
Chapter 45. INSPIRED HOUR 466
Chapter 46. NEGOTIATING THE NAVAL TREATY 474
Chapter 47. THE FOUR-POWER PACT 491
Chapter 48. STABILIZING THE FAR EAST 501
Chapter 49. IN RETROSPECT 507
Chapter 50. PROTECTOR OF RUSSIA—FOE OF LENINISM 523
Chapter 51. THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR 530
Chapter 52. REMOVING CAUSES OF FRICTION 538
Chapter 53. THE HAVANA CONFERENCE 551
Chapter 54. THE HARDING TRAGEDY 562
Chapter 55. ECONOMIC POLICIES 570
Chapter 56. THE STRUGGLE FOR POSTWAR RECOVERY 579
Chapter 57. THE WORLD COURT 594
Chapter 58. THE HUMAN ELEMENT 604
Chapter 59. RESIGNATION 610
Chapter 60. PRIVATE CITIZEN AGAIN 619
Chapter 61. LEADER OF THE BAR 631
Chapter 62. INTERNATIONAL JUDGE 640
Chapter 63. THE HIGHEST JUDICIAL OFFICE 648
Chapter 64. INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT 663
Chapter 65. ORGANIZING THE COURTS FOR EFFICIENCY 683
Chapter 66. MARCHING CONSTITUTION 691
Chapter 67. BALANCE WHEEL OF POWER 704
Chapter 68. GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM 717
Chapter 69. THE NEW DEAL IN COURT 731
Chapter 70. THE COURT-PACKING FIGHT 749
Chapter 71. TRIUMPH OF RESTRAINT 766
Chapter 72. CULMINATION 773
Chapter 73. THE LITTLE FINISHING CANTER 792
Appendix I. DAVID CHARLES HUGHES 807
Appendix II. MARY CATHERINE CONNELLY 809
INDEX 811

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