Word: faithfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...people of all races, colors and creeds united under the rule of one Sovereign, His Most Excellent Majesty, George the Fifth, by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India...
...question which the Govern-ment must decide is whether its faith in Mr. Ford justifies the bargain...
...Government shall furnish the capital for the various operations involved and the company shall put in $1,000,000 as evidence of good faith...
There seems, however, to be a small ray of hope in Mr. Cabot's admission that his college training not only did not counteract, but emphasized his incipient skepticism. For as he also says, it is folly to act on faith when one may have fact. One ascertains facts only with great difficulty and by constantly forcing one's self to demand the facts. This is the point of skepticism, only by highly developed doubt can the mysteries of the world ever hope to be penetrated, and the facts, which Mr. Cabot regards as preferable to faith, ever be discovered...
...past and those which one hopes to acquire by a college training still constitute the only key to progress of any sort. Doubt pursued to its natural end, investigation remains the only instrument ofr obtaining the facts, which may perhaps at some time replace their present substitute faith...