Word: connected
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...patriotic view that already belongs to the past" he ascribes partly to the idea with which the nation has grown up--namely, "that it is an English nation, and the immigrants who come from other countries are useful fellow-workers and desirable guests, but no ties of kinship connect the countries with the American nation." This he describes as an " artificial construction based on an untenable illusion...
There is a new feeling of pride springing up in a mixed ancestry, and with this new attitude of the majority, a fundamental revision of the antiquated national theory is necessarily demanded. "The ties of kinship do not connect this country with England more than with Ireland, or Holland, or Sweden." Professor Muensterberg sees, as the outcome of the situation, a unique nation issuing from the "melting-pot" in which the finest qualities of all Europe will be blended, and in which will live a new patriotism "which will not know host or guests among the citizens of this country...
...should also like to call your attention to the rope fire escapes which are located in each bedroom above the first floor that does not connect with an iron fire escape. These are of the best type obtainable, and are, I believe, entirely satisfactory. They are inspected monthly and tested annually. For immediate use, standard chemical fire extinguishers are placed in all porters' rooms, and all entries. These are inspected monthly, and discharged and recharged annually, Diagrams giving the location and description of the hydrants, hose, ladders, and other apparatus, are posted in all entries. At the Brattle Square Station...
...essay on "The Problem of Truth" is an important contribution to the subject, and is especially interesting as indicating the tendency of Professor Royce's thought toward the voluntaristic type of idealism. The remaining essays reveal the author's peculiar power to make this idealism eloquent, and to connect it with the personal problems of conduct and religion...
Although there are but two tracks in the tunnel beyond the Harvard square station they branch out into three at the entrance of the terminal yard where they connect with any one of 20 tracks in the shop, shed and the storage yard. The yard plans show three tracks in the machine shop, five in the inspection shed, nine in the storage yard, of which only six will be installed now, an extra track on the other side, and a loop track around the entire terminal...