Word: lording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord High Chancellor, in a speech at the Constitutional Club in London, backed up the Government. Said he: " The Free Trade system had wholly failed to equip the Government with many instruments which were absolutely vital for the purpose of conducting the War. When the War broke out, under the shelter of tariffs, those who were menacing this Empire with destruction had equipped themselves with weapons available and adequate for our destruction, while we were left almost helpless for defensive purposes...
...Lord Balfour, veteran, said that the Tory Party was in peril. In his inimitable and pedantic style he said: " I look forward certainly not without hope-but not without anxiety- to the result of the election...
...this reason that Loyola, in establishing the rule of prayer for his monastic order of Jesuits declared that each word of the Lord's Prayer should be uttered in the intervals between breaths...
...illustrate this rule of prayer, Archbishop Soderblom began to say the Lord's prayer slowly, one word between each breath, at slow, regular intervals, until the entire audience seemed to be transfixed by his even, vibrant voice. The room became very still and in a few seconds the entire audience seemed to be breathing in slow, regular unison with his words...
...inevitable result is the their views, already narrowed to move one class, are most always prejudiced by personal rather than national interests. Such power becomes greater than that of King and Parliament or of President and Congress. For a while, in the hands of a public spirited man like Lord Northcliffe or Major Astor, the owner of the London Times, it may have no ill effects. But in an evil moment it may fall into the grasp of some one who will use it only for his personal benefit...