Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...political entity, he said: "You will search in vain for a more ideal Executive than President Coolidge. The American people have already indicated their determination to keep him where he is. ... Upon the farm, among the hills of Vermont, was nourished a life which knows the frugality, the industry, the treasuring of every opportunity for selfhelp, the pursuit of knowledge despite all difficulties, the fine aspirations and patriotic ideals of what we take delight in regarding as the typical American home. The old tree is still bearing the finest fruit. President Coolidge is his own platform. . . . No other platform...
With the comfortable feeling that the World Cruise was sailing safely on its way, newspapers and public began to lose interest in the great adventure. But the feeling of security was false. From Sitka, Alaska, to Seward, Alaska, the 610 miles of coast-wide flight proved highly dangerous. Ideal weather at the start was followed by a blinding snow- storm, and a collision just avoided by the aviators, who were flying "close" to maintain contact...
...report has been made public. ... It seems to me that the plan which General Dawes has worked out will bring stability and peace to Europe and an era of sound prosperity to this country. All of which suggests to me that in General Dawes the Republican party has the ideal running mate for President Coolidge.' Replied my cousin: 'While by all of the proprieties I am denied the privilege of taking any part in politics, I may say that you have not over-estimated the character of Mr. Dawes. He and I have been friends for more than...
Lenin was the founder and sole head of the Bolshevist Party, and through it he rose to a dictatorship of the largest state in Europe. Throughout his career, he was entirely without personal ambition; he worked and lived and died for his ideal. However we may regard the ideal, we must recognize the astounding force, the tremendous influence of the man, guided by that ideal, over the world...
...question of the value of athletes--and most college trained men--to the national service. Athletics, in a sense, imply preparedness of a most vital sort--and conversely, preparedness requires athletics. When the athlete and the military man are combined, the result, by military standards in ideal. Summer training involves a sacrifice, and there is no reason why this should be concealed. But if patriotism means anything, if one feels that one owes a few weeks to fitting one's self for possible service, the sacrifice is certainly worth while...