Word: humanitarian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Jordan is an insurgent, a man in the vanguard of all progressive and humanitarian movements, and a telling, interesting speaker. Among Dr. Jordan's numerous publications on zoological and biological subjects are: "A Manual of Vertebrate Animals of Northern United States," "Fishes of North and Middle America, "Matka and Kotik," and "Animal Life." On humanitarian subjects his chief works have been "The Call of the Twentieth Century," "The Human Harvest," and "The Philosophy of Despair." He is prominently connected with the International Peace Movement...
President Jordan is one of the leading biologists and scientists of the country and his interest in everything that is progressive and humanitarian stamps him as one of the leaders in modern thought. He is prominently connected with the International Peace Movement. He was the founder and is the first president of Leland Stanford, Jr., University. His great success is shown by the fact that today that university is the leading educational institution of the West...