Word: forli
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mahomet is described as an Arabian Lion, roaring, like the Lions of Wichita, Kan., in behalf of municipal improvements rather than God. The conquests of Alexander sprang from his original necessity to surpass the celebrity of his father, Philip of Macedon. Napoleon III was "a great adventurer; a beautiful addition...
Since the war Russell has turned his attention largely to questions of social nature. His writings are noted for their clarity, ready wit, and the power to reach promptly the philosophical issue.
He has stated that some of the abuses which have grown up under prohibition are due to the failure of some states to accept their share of responsibility for concurrent enforcement. He has several times requested a general respect for the
The following article on "President Hoover and Prohibition" was written for the Harvard Crimson by Thomas Nixon Carver, David A. Wells Professor of political economy.
Nothing which anyone could say in favor of enforcing the prohibitory law could possibly please the fanatical wets. Reasonable people, wets and drys alike, must approve some parts of President Hoover's message which refer to that subject. Wets cannot honestly deny his first statement, namely that the first duty...