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...cyclical" depressions. The decline of capitalism is the result of old age. Its "historical role" is over. This is owing to the exhaustion of "the long-time factors of expansion"-industrial expansion, creation of new industries, opening up of new land. Stagnation has set in. The forces of production overwhelm the forces of consumption. Demand and supply, profits and wages clash. The "contradiction" arises from the fact that the system lives on profits; to insure profits wages must be cut; to cut wages diminishes consumption. When production is restricted, whether by State intervention or through lack of markets, capitalism goes...
...collision of two goods--or of two forces actuated by the best of motives. Such as the tragedy of Vienna; for the Heimwehr can hardly be held responsible for its actions. For them it is a case of crush the Socialists or perish when Germany feels strong enough to overwhelm Austria; if Dolifuss is able to unite his country behind him, his chances of resisting Germany will, of course, be enormously improved. But they will still be so dubious that he will have no alternative but to seek aid abroad...
...outpourings of these pessimists; the thoughtful are challenged to sober reflection. History, especially current history--witness Russia, and Central Europe for example--is weighted heavily in favor of the pessimist. What can education say in answer? Nothing with certainty, that is, nothing which the pessimist, can not overwhelm with contradictory evidence. The pessimist looks into the past and is fortified, the educator in the final analysis must rest his case on the future and the hope that history need not always repeat itself. Suppose then, that the pessimist convinces the world that he is right--what then shall the educator...
...Land" by Allen Davis, the first production, would have made even a more mature organization hesitate. Not only the subject matter which concerned the very controversial question of the Zionist movement, but also the four big sets of scenery, the enormous cast, and the mobs of extras threatened to overwhelm the club in its first serious attempt. The organization, still in its swaddling clothes, proved itself a child prodigy. In January, 1909, the Harvard Monthly records that "people who came curious or indifferent, went away impressed and thoughtful. The Club has made a remarkable beginning in its chosen work...
...that America soon will attain a musical majority. With the future in mind is it not high time to give constructive consideration to the question of supporting the arts with public funds? The number of wealthy citizens is limited and the demands of support of art in America will overwhelm their generous gestures...