Word: government
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...philosophers is that you misunderstand your vocation. You ought to be poets, but you insist on laying down the law for the universe." And that, Santayana remarks earlier in the volume, is "simply the tragedy of the spirit when it's not content to understand but wishes to govern."... B. H. KIZER Graves, Kizer & Graves, Lawyers Spokane, Wash...
...steps of a rostrum decked with fir boughs, raised his right arm in Olympic salute, touched the flag of the German delegation with his left hand and recited the Olympic oath: "We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in loyal competition, respecting the regulations which govern them and desirous of participating in them in the true spirit of sportsmanship for the honor of our country and for the glory of sport...
...most Italian news-organs, unemotionally recorded: "Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that the world's desire for peace is blocked by only 10 or 15% of the total population of the world and did not hide his pessimism over the outlook in Europe and Asia, where men that govern the various great peoples possess the temperament and pursue the ends that do not lead to progress for peace and goodwill...
...foundation for one of the University Professorships. It would be a great satisfaction if the Corporation were able to call to this chair a scholar pre-eminent in the field of political economy. This vital subject has to do, I take it, with the fundamental principles which govern human affairs, as they concern the State and as they concern individuals. Political economy concerns itself as much with the behavior of man as a social animal as it does with any known laws of industry and trade and agriculture and finance. And when I speak of fundamental principles...
...president, Learned Hand '93; two vice-president, David Cheever '97, and Harrison Tweed '07; and a secretary-treasurer, Clark, govern the Association. The board of Directors consists of 15 men, six apopinted from the faculty and larger Harvard Clubs, and nine elected by postal ballot...