Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...North and the South in 1850 were tired and exhausted with the heat of the great debate that had killed Calhoun, and sent Clay and Webster to their death-beds. The Compromise had been passed, and the two great empires within an empire went to their corners to bind up their wounds. The delicious calm and relaxation that follows struggle had enveloped them. The conciliatory spirit of Clay, that sprang from the open meadows and wooded streams of the Blue Grass of Kentucky, had prevailed over both the hot blood of South Carolina and the brawling abolitionism of the North...
...true remedy," wrote the bishops, "will be found ... in accomplishing two reforms in our social order. In the first place there must be re-established some form of guild or vocational groups which will bind men together in society according to their respective occupations, thus creating a moral unity. Secondly, there must be a reform of morals and a profound renewal of the Christian spirit which must precede the social reconstruction...
...Dunham Lectureship is intended to "bind closer the bonds of fellowship and understanding between students and investigators in this and foreign countries." The lecturers are appointed annually, and are drawn from among the leaders of medical research by a committee at the Medical School...