Word: idealize
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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About 500 people witnessed the dress rehearsal of the "Agamemnon" yesterday afternoon in the Stadium. Weather conditions were ideal. The chorus and the speakers could be heard distinctly from all parts of the auditorium, and the simple music was very effective. The entire performance went off smoothly, and, except for some minor changes in the grouping, no improvement seemed necessary...
...place in the machine. Mankind is, however, only beginning his career in the pathway of evolution, and to each obstacle that arises the true law of being must be applied by the individual. In the same way our currency system has a fault which requires the application of ideal principles. For a quarter of a century this has been a matter of debate from time to time, but the discussions have not yet achieved an adequate remedy. The necessity is generally agreed to, but regarding the method of reform there is much divergence of view...
...quick succession in France. They gave rise to three classes of people--the Royalists, who were zealously devoted to the doctrine of the divine right of kings; the Imperialists, who tried to open the public service to all men; and the Revolutionists, who struggled vainly for their Utopian ideal of liberty, equality, and fraternity...
...diversity in scope of power. Democracy is not equality of all men, but equality of opportunity. No artificial restrictions should limit any man's power. Let the president hold his position through his inborn capacity, let the laborer be such through inability to rise. Freedom of opportunity is the ideal to be fought...
...that the symbols represent the true type that we demand. There is no diminution of reverence of the true God and the power of the University. True reverence is perfectly consistent with genuine democracy, and a belief in this fact is necessary to the attainment of the ideal democracy...