Word: feudal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Democratic Society and Feudal Society"--President Eliot...
...mentioned the Cosmopolltan Club, "the beginning of an intellectual and moral force which will in time make war impossible." Though most people believe that Japan and America are very different, the President stated that there were certain fundamentals alike. He mentioned but one "human nature." He spoke of the feudal tendencies of Japanese society in contrast to ours in which there is no birth distinction of any sort. The resemblance comes in "loyalty," for the same feelings inspire the Japanese in war and business to give them the greatest happiness, that inspire us. Our loyalty is more impersonal than theirs...
...Churchill closed by speaking of his personal experiences in the politics of New Hampshire, a state ruled by a large corporation. The bosses of New Hampshire were the division superintendents of the Boston and Maine Railroad, who all flocked to Concord at election time. This feudal system grew, with the result that the corporation sent Senators and Representatives to Congress, who in return, appointed their office-holders in such a way that every section had a feudal chief. When a question arose, passes and tickets were sent to these chiefs, who came to Concord to smother the straightforward, true politician...
...feudal times our industrial system was composed of various classes hierarchically related to each other. This system has gradually decayed, and with its decline the employees have been able to realize themselves more fully. Their scope has broadened, and they are approaching more and more that condition in which by fellowship and co-operation. In short by union, they are able to stand on an equal footing with their employers...
Professor Zueblin in his characteristic manner showed by a brief survey of history from feudal times, how authority in its various phases has gradually but markedly decayed. The decay is evident in the authority of the parent over the child, in the authority of the husband over his wife, in the power of the employer over the employee. It is but a logical, natural, and desirable growth. What is now desired to complete the advance is an increase in spiritual authority, for which the prospect is bright...