Word: civilize
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...young look back on history, recent or remote, as all of one piece, for such it is to them. But those who have lived through a potent period of history, such as the Civil War, cannot take this distant view of their own achievements and misfortunes. Yet there are many Americans who misconstrue the events of the war, or who seek to minimize its issues. That great struggle was the trial of an indictment against human freedom under the disguise of a contention for the disputed right of secession. But behind that long maintained and often honestly supported right...
...service, which in thirty years has saved $166,000,000 and 102,000 lives. The 275 stations along our coasts, he said, are conducted under military rules. Three years previous experience as a sailor or fisherman is required of applicants, who must in addition pass physical and Civil Service examinations. Mr. Peck next described the various appliances for saving life, and closed with an account of his visit to Minot's Ledge Light...
Under the "spoils" system, said Mr. Bonaparte, the Civil Service exists merely as a means of rewarding politicians. Many lucrative offices are in fact created with the sole purpose of remunerating important office-seekers, who seldom consider their usefulness to the government, but merely their own selfish interests. So generally recognized has this system become that the Civil Service was considered in Baltimore a method of charitable employment for paupers and criminals who were unable to obtain work elsewhere...
...seekers persist in believing him a "spoils" man, although he has spent his life in active reforms. This is in a measure explained by the noticeable part which he took in the recent presidential campaign, and the fact that President Roosevelt employed him in investigating several abuses in the Civil Services. It was therefore naturally believed that he was an office-seeker, and his reform principles were consequently considered mere party abuse and ridiculed as the sounding catch-words of a public impostor...
...Civic Federation. He has twice been a member of the Board of Overseers. For many years he has been prominent in political reform movements, serving two years ago on the commission appointed by President Roosevelt to investigate the Post Office frauds. At present he is chairman of the National Civil Service Reform League...