Word: outlook
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Without provoking much dispute as to substance, Premier Mussolini's recent comment on Machiavelli's "Prince" invites generalization on the differences in the political and social outlook of the Anglo-Saxon and of the Latin. Mussolini's ideas may be looked upon as fairly typical of the latter Lincoln has been pointed out as one of the best interpreters of the former. And the vast gulf between the conclusions of such men can signify nothing other than a complete difference in methods and equipment...
...comparable characteristic are, if persistent checks on full mastery in teaching; not so much, so, however, as such things as over self-confidence conceit, and prolix fluidity of utterance. My own observation leads me to believe that if one has enthusiasm, selfless consecration, to his task, robustness of mental outlook, and keeps his mind on the fellow that he is trying to teach, diffidence, self-consciousness, and hesitance will in time yield place to power. It is the enduring attitude with which one goes at his job that counts most...
...that for one instantaneous success in an experiment such as his there are a hundred failures, and that the reform of an habitual criminal, in cases where reform is possible, is rarely accomplished in three months, or with no backslidings. An eminent criminologist has said that to change the outlook of one disposed to crime is many times more difficult after the first conviction than before. If Sir Henry could be moved to continue his interesting work, remembering to temper his mercy with common sense, and experimenting with less hardened offenders, he might eventually come to accept his father...
Little has happened during the past week to make the general industrial outlook more cheerful, except perhaps a rally in stock prices. At this writing, the recovery in the stock market is still difficult to interpret with complete assurance. Nevertheless it bears the appearance simply of a "covering movement" by previous short sellers, and is consequently of mainly technical and temporary significance. It is noticeable that the stockmarket has given no real signs of accumulation, and that the strongest stocks have generally been those whose declines had produced a large "short interest...
However, this pessimistic outlook need not necessarily prove to be prophetic as regards Mr. Enright. If he can give the burghers of New York something exceptionally fine in the way of accurate news gathering or clear sighted, unprejudiced editorial writing, his enterprise may prove to be the exceptional success...