Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these gifts make it plain that their purpose is to teach a method of approach to life in general, an intangible matter certainly, but the characteristic of the really outstanding teacher is his ability to bring the most evanescent affairs within the range of grasp of his more human followers. Experience with the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship demonstrates that it is no easy matter to find a man capable of perpetuating the Norton tradition. It is not going to be easy to find the individual who can make Germanic Culture live as did Kuno Francke...
...counselor, Mr. Hazelwood recently warned: "Let the banker who is afraid to face facts remember that his competitor is going to face them and that progress will go on, with him or over him. A mind that is not receptive to new viewpoints is apt to be closed to human phases of business...
...National Association of Life Underwriters, faced by the usual question of how and where to sell, were apparently still groggy from the recent topping of the $100,000,000,000 mark in total life insurance. Titles of addresses were: "The Market for the Second Hundred Billion," "The Conservation of Human Life in the Era of the Second Hundred Billion," "Creating the Second Hundred Billion," "Conserving the First While We Create the Second Hundred Billion," "Selling to Women in the Era of the Second Hundred Billion," "The Second Hundred Billion Salesman: He Faces East...
...however, not to go above 150 stories (2,000 feet high), because to travel higher would require too heavy elevator cables and because the cars would be required to travel more than 1,500 feet a minute. Although mine elevators travel faster than that, higher speeds bother the human ear drums, and passengers in commercial buildings would not endure discomfort. At present fastest buildings elevators go 750 feet a minute. So Mr. Kingston drew plans for several smaller buildings. For each type his co-workers figured construction and operating costs. Mr. Clark studied their information and discovered...
...impress me. . . . [Lily Langtry was] the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. . . . I cannot pretend to be a judge of my own beauty . . . . When 'they' write my obituary notice, it should be the record of a woman who feverishly designed many things for the betterment of human lives. . . . I regret the passing of the horse...