Word: existent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...order out of chaos. These leaders and their friends can be used in the work of economic reconstruction. It is in this work of practical cooperation, with the assistance of the democratic occupying forces, that the Germans will gradually learn to understand and appreciate democratic government. This presupposes the existence of a large body of "decent Germans," such as Louis Lochner quite correctly assumes to exist in his excellent recent volume, "What About Germany...
...Religious and intellectual freedom. ("Wars are not due only to economic causes. They have their origin also in false ideologies and in ignorance. ... It is therefore indispensable that there exist the opportunity to fuller knowledge of the facts. . . . Spiritual and intellectual regimentation that prevents this is a basic underlying cause...
...Whatever the leaders say, there is no doubt that what is being fought out here is not only the government of North Africa but the government of postwar France. The democratic process does not exist. That is, the vast majority of Africans do not have the vote and the people of France are prisoners. Hence the only curb on French leaders is U.S. and British public opinion, expressed chiefly through the press; and what's happened here recently seems to me a victory of U.S. and British public opinion over secret diplomacy...
...Sodality is proudest of the memory of one Pierian but for whom its 135 year tradition would not exist. He was an individualist named Henry Gassett of the class of 1834, and he played the flute. When, in 1832, complaints about the Sodality's night music led to an official request for its disbandment, Henry Gassett refused to resign. He held meetings with himself in the chair, paid himself dues regularly, played his flute in solitude. Finally he persuaded another flautist to join in duets. Gradually they elected other members. The Sodality played...
Churchill's plan may harmonize Europe, but it cannot pacify the world. A permanent peace cannot exist as long as they are any groups, no matter how large, between which friction can arise. A United States of Europe would only force this country back to the isolation of the western hemisphere. If once Europe, Asia, and America are economically divided, a new balance of power would be established which could be no more successful than those that have preceded...