Word: equipped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord High Chancellor, in a speech at the Constitutional Club in London, backed up the Government. Said he: " The Free Trade system had wholly failed to equip the Government with many instruments which were absolutely vital for the purpose of conducting the War. When the War broke out, under the shelter of tariffs, those who were menacing this Empire with destruction had equipped themselves with weapons available and adequate for our destruction, while we were left almost helpless for defensive purposes...
...seems quite clear that all this armament is not solely for the purpose of maintaining order in the interior of its frontiers. Germany is trying to equip her infantry units with the most powerful weapons possible; she is undoubtedly preparing them with a view to offensive warfare...
Judaism points out that the primary purpose of industry is not to create profits but to free men and equip them for " the larger life...
...only place where Anglo-Saxon reticence breaks down completely is the playhouse. In general, the Englishman or American likes to do his crying alone. He will lock himself in his own room, equip himself with smelling salts or a bottle of gin and a sponge, and have a good quiet weep. In the same way, he dislikes rising to high pitches of public hilarity. A reserved smile, or at most a genteel snicker is all he will permit himself in the presence of his associates. But under the sheltering darkness of the playhouse, he will be trapped into any extreme...
...enable men interested in world affairs, but lacking financial resources, to equip themselves for the consular or diplomatic corps, the late Ambassador Penfield has left $80,000 for scholarships in a new school of diplomacy at New York University. If the service is made attractive, and a reasonable incentive for devotion offered, a body of well-trained men, willing to make diplomacy their life work, can thus be made available...