Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...true idealist, in regard to the covenant of the League of Nations, for example, he would have saved his covenant and secured its adoption by the Senate of the United States by accepting some modification of its terms, since the man who really seeks the establishment of an ideal will never sacrifice it because he cannot secure everything he wants at once, and always estimates the principle as more important than its details and qualifications. If if had been a real ideal with Mr. Wilson and tinged with no thought of self he would have succeeded in large measure...
...committee, moreover, should have an eye to the practical difficulties which all radical departures from established traditions are sure to encounter. It should mix caution with courage. Nothing is easier than to outline an ideal scheme of college education based on the hypothesis that all teachers are supermen and that all students are paragons of industry. But unhappily on such Utopian conditions are in sight. What we want is something that will point the way to a better use of the human material at hand. Harvard Alumni Bulletin...
...universities must not merely encourage each other to avoid the dangers of excess and professionalism. They are examples for all the preparatory schools. What we make of collegiate athletics becomes the ideal for school athletics, where our mistakes and our sins are copied, and where their evil consequences are multiplied by the enthusiasm of imitation...
...issue was turned aside. Bishop Gailor said that some of the churches in the Council were "hindering the cause of Christ." Bishop Johnson called the Federal Council a "visionary experiment." Bishop Brent was left with his burning emotions, his rejected ideal...
...American looked upon this country and said: "It is ideal." He was Harvey S. Firestone, President of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. He had Edwin Barclay, Secretary of State of Liberia, go to the U. S. and together they drew up a pact which was satisfactory to the U. S. Department of State...