Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole house of Guise, and all of their confederates...
Whether or not it was wholly the fault of the play is difficult to determine. Certainly Miss Rambeau belied her extensive experience in the Theatre by displaying an unaccountable first-night nervousness She tangled her pronouns and completely disregarded the normal pronunciation of "thermometer." Others in a capable cast were manifestly disturbed by her curious demeanor...
Whatever the final vote may be--and probably the ratio of ayes to nays will not change much in the last three days--this critical commenting and fault-finding will be the best result of the referendum. It is necessary to have at least glanced over the Plan in order to comment upon it; and this requires more than ordinary exertion. And no one is more essential to this American democracy than the critical level-headed skeptic...
...only real fault which can be found with pacifism is that it is not yet universal. Obviously, if it were, there could be no fighting. As Major Beith points out, the laboring classes of Europe have about reached the point where they will refuse to fight for any cause. And inasmuch as armies are usually built around these classes, any large military operations on the continent will be seriously hampered for some time to come,--until that time at least when the horrors of war have lost their vividness...
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