Word: honors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...half-past one, there were about 1900 men standing in the room, from which all furniture had been removed except the chairs on the platform, on which the guests of honor sat. The gallery was reserved for the Faculty, of whom about 70 were present...
...recognizes the value, critical and philosophical, of many of Chesterton's paradoxes, but is inclined impulsively to give equal importance to all, including those which are mere exercises in verbal ingenuity. We read Chesterton with delight because of his manliness, because of his courage, because he has ideals; we honor him because he insists on the value of ideals and of faith as springs of action; because he would substitute for our modern, sentimental purposelessness the energy of a brave purpose; because he is not what the author concludes, with the worst kind of Chestertonian paradox which consists in twisting...
...Shaw emphasized at length the huge size of our national wealth, and the commanding position among the nations of the world which is ours to honor and protect. Our opportunities are unsurpassed to secure a fair portion of the commerce of South America and South Africa. The Isthmian Canal will be an important factor in securing our full share. But we must have a merchant marine to supplement the navy of which we are justly proud...
...total cost of erection of the new school has been approximately $3,000,000, contributed by Mr. J. P. Morgan--who provided for the erection, in honor of his father, J. S. Morgan, of the administration building and the two others adjoining--Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, Mrs. C. P. Huntington, Mr. James Stillman, Mr. David Sears '74 and others. An additional $2,000,000 serves as an endowment for the institution...
There has been unmistakable forces in this country which have brought about this change of opinion. The ever-present question is: How shall these seventy millions of people soon to become a hundred millions, live together in peace, in happiness and in honor? In other words, how can we bring the Kingdom of God to hand in these United States...