Word: morale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Some sort of moral and spiritual unanimity" is necessary if the Church is to off-set the threat of theories of government unfriendly to it, in his opinion. Unless we take "an intelligent interest in unity", the outlook is "sombre...
...whose survival in a world of multiplied intelligence requires that stupidity -a stupidity which is an artificial product. It is not innate, it is not inevitable." Said famed Political Economist John Stuart Mill, "of all the vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the effect of social and moral influences on the human mind, the most vulgar is that of attributing the diversities of conduct and character to inherent natural differences...
...school. Guiltless of anything worse than writing high-flown, affectionate, freethinking notes to a young Protestant, young Jacques flees to Marseille with his easy-going friend Daniel, paces the streets and broods about right and wrong while Daniel is befriended by a warm-hearted girl who solves some moral problems for him without a moment's thought...
...Those who never fail at all are in a non-existent fairyland. We all fail. But for millions of people great religion has brought victory after moral failure...
What President Roosevelt apparently wants is for the utilities to adopt the prudent investment basis voluntarily. Among the specific cases the President gave to point his moral was a ferryman on the Thames during Queen Elizabeth's reign. Under common law she could have valued the boat at $500, if that was its worth, and based his rates accordingly. If he had paid $1,000 for the boat, it was his own error and loss. Another Roosevelt example was a run-down electric plant in Georgia with a few miles of line, a few decrepit boilers worth...