Word: evens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...societies, and which will be found till the human mind ceases to be drawn in opposite directions by the charm of habit, and by the charm of novelty. Not only in politics, but in literature, in art, in science, in surgery and mechanics, in navigation and agriculture, nay, even in mathematics, we find this distinction. Every where there is a class of men who cling with fondness to whatever is ancient, and who, even when convinced by overpowering reasons that innovation would be beneficial, consent to it with many misgivings and forebodings. We find also every where another class...
...They will make a brave fight. They may be overwhelmed by the hordes whose morals are the morals of Communism, whose methods are cowardly. . . . Even if Finland falls, the day will come when it will rise again-for the forces of righteousness are not dead in the world...
Episcopal magazine, which gave her its annual award for "Promotion of Good Will and Understanding Among All Peoples," she heard herself praised for her "genius of goodness," heard even more hearty praise from The Churchman's Dr. Shipler...
...seem happy-go-lucky, too casual to force a grave issue, too apt to wait and see. But no legate could be a better Bearer of Good Will to the gentle people of China. Nelson Trusler Johnson is the sort of roly-poly man a Chinese can respect, love, even fear far more deeply than the man with bayonet, dollar, or arrogance...
Picked up and taken to the hospital, she spent six weeks there, six more weeks at home recovering from wounds which had punctured both lungs. She was going to appear against Coffman as soon as she was well enough. He began hounding her. "He bothered me-called me-even followed me. I would have left Dallas but I had no money. He had even cost me my job." He constantly intercepted her on the street, slapped her. "He called me . . . and told me he would kill me if I appeared against...