Word: mad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...paid for the support of our army and navy over 43.3 percent, of our total expenditures, and 24.1 per cent, more for pensions, the burden of past wars--a total of over 440 million dollars--enough to build two hundred Widener libraries. The only possible way to stop this mad race of nations apparently trying only to discover which can bear the greatest burden of taxation, is to end the race. The United States would perform a higher mission than every before were she to set the example here...
Robert Edeson has the sort of "thuggish" role to which he is best suited. In the first act he tries to punch the other man's jaw; in the second he gets drunk; and in the third he goes mad. Where-upon the Spearmint-chewing lady who sits behind you murmurs, "He's just too cute for anything." Mr. Kemble is down on the program as "supporting" Mr. Edeson, but to him must go the honors of the evening. He played the part of Truth's guardian, defended her with more than fatherly zeal through all her matrimonial indiscretions...
...vast majority of those who have the power to choose, and religion is tolerated in so far as it contributes to worldly wealth. The value of a civilization is to be tested by the culture that it prompts, but of true culture this age is almost guiltless, the mad race for wealth leaving no room for it. Until the soul of man gets wearied of its millions we must not expect much improvement...