Word: monuments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...happiness of a people and the betterment of a nation. His every action was governed by those principles of honesty and sincerity which are the most cherished qualities of every public figure. The life and the high achievements of Mr. Morrow are the most noble and enduring monument that can be erected to his memory...
...geographical center of the German nation, a great grove of the sort that is peculiarly the pride of Germany has been agreed upon by all the states for this purpose. From this tract, typically primitive yet orderly as German forests are, landscape architects are to carve out a monument more expressive of the German spirit than all the fine phrases of conventional inscriptions on polished stone. Taking nothing for granted, making no mention of the creeds of the combattants, and imputing no lofty motives, this "grove of honor" will yet repeat perpetually with the recurring seasons all that can honestly...
...concrete foundation, had replaced the roaming greensward of past years. It was ugly and repellent in the promise of its towering potentiality, a potentiality that upon realization will change the Yard into a Wall Street of shadow and skyscrapers. It would be more fitting, the Vagabond mused, as a monument to a deceased Harvard Yard than to a partisan memory...
...were the views on relief expressed by President Hoover (by radio) and New York's Governor Roosevelt (in person) last week when they both participated in a memorial service to Red Cross Founder Clara Barton at Dansville, N. Y. The President called the Red Cross ''a monument to individual and local initiative." The Governor said: "We understand today that disaster and catastrophe are not limited to suffering caused by fire and flood. If the teachings of Clara Barton were right, these same teachings must apply to the distress and suffering stalking in our midst today. . . . To this...
...chemists patiently listened to learned papers and learned discussions. Yet they had fun?having their group picture taken at McKinley's Monument in Buffalo's Niagara Square; visiting the factories in and around Buffalo...