Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Whereas, it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor. . . . -Now, therefore, I do recommend . . . that we may all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks-for His kind care and protection of the people of this country-for the signal and manifold, mercies and the favorable interposition of His providence-for the great degree of tranquillity, . union and plenty which we have enjoyed-for the civil and religious liberty with which...
...Yale made 698 points to 0 for its opponents. Amos Alonzo Stagg played end, made Walter Camp's first All-American. He went to Chicago to be Director of Athletics at $2,500 a year in 1892. Last month Chicago's trustees voted to have Coach Stagg obey a University regulation and retire at 70, at the end of this year. He demurred. Coach Stagg's 40-year record: won 253; lost 104; tied...
...forms of popular government are built on the theory that an enlightened citizenry is able to choose for itself the officers who will make and enforce the laws which the people must obey, and protect the people to the greatest possible extent against physical, economic and other evils. If this theory is not sound, democratic government must eventually collapse. I believe that this theory is sound. What we need to do in order to improve all forms of popular government is to increase by every possible means the degree of enlightenment of the people regarding public affairs...
Anyone wearing a uniform of a soldier, be he American, French. British, German or Italian, willing or unwilling, must obey the orders; he has no other choice and he is a hero...
...Michoacan (one priest for 33,000 faithful), Chiapas (one for 60,000) and Veracruz (one for 100,000). This "unheard-of persecution," exclaims Pius XI, "differs but little . . . from the one raging within the unhappy borders of Russia. . . ." What to do? The Holy Father counsels Mexican Catholics to obey the law but to protest unremittingly. "To approve such an iniquitous law or spontaneously to give to it true and proper co-operation is undoubtedly illicit and sacrilegious. But absolutely different is the case of him who yields to such unjust regulations solely against his will. . . . His behavior consequently...