Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more heterogeneous society than existed in Periclean Athens. But there is a sensible presentation of the modern problem with sensible emphasis on the need for right feeling among representative men. The ideas are not presented with as much persuasiveness as might be wished. Outstanding is the annoying fault of unnecessary repetition of phrases and explanations, as for example the constant definition of mana and miasma, which in the 538 pages of the book makes the reading frequently tedious. All the way through, there is a curious uncertainty on the part of the author in sensing what the reader knows...
...different had been his lot, he exclaimed. A gipsy boy, he never went to school and never had books to read and learn from. He had no chance, and yet it was not his fault but his misfortune. The change in his life came when he found God. "I am as sure that I found God as I am that I shake hands with you, that the sun is shining; just as certain as a scientist who works out his positive laws...
...happened in Geneva during the past week has happened before and will happen again. It is quite clear that the present arrangements for the protection of minorities are inadequate, but it is hard to see what more can be done without arousing international animosities and creating international tension. The fault lies in large part with the peace settlements, but there is little prospect of their being revised without war. Under the circumstances one is driven back to the hope that humanity will live and learn, that, in the words of a recent Czech writer, the exaggerated idea of nationalism will...
...Central of Georgia decreased about $4,000,000 or 13.15%. There was a disturbing drop of 25% in passenger business and an even more disturbing drop of 10% in freight business. Both passenger and freight revenue continued to fall during 1928, although their decline was not so precipitate. No fault of Mr. Pelley's however, was this unfortunate situation. It resulted chiefly from the collapse of the Florida boom and the increase in motor traffic...
...pour the malleable masses that now choke the educational machinery in Cambridge. Judging by undergraduate opposition to the House Plan, one must conclude that Harvard itself notices very little the clogging of its system. It is this refusal to consider as a weakness what others see as the major fault to be corrected that has caused the split in the Harvard camps; no amount of official assurance or calm approval from the outside can make the undergraduate believe that he needs a more settled world to live...