Word: paradox
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...cannot it is his duty to see that it is managed as he ought to manage it himself; and a man who manages the property of others ought to do so with as large a sense of moral obligation as if it were his own. This may seem a paradox, but it is not. The temptation to be selfish for one's own profit is stronger, but for a good man it is easier to resist, than the temptation to be selfish in acting for the benefit of others. I am not speaking to bad men, to dishonest...
...public welfare by individuals, the present system of industry is continually breaking down from forces inherent in itself. For instance, when production is curtailed; when the shops shut down and people are thrown out of employment because of "over-production,"--because too much has been produced! What a paradox! Poverty caused by overabundance! And can a system of industry continue which inevitably divides society into two hostile classes whose struggle often breaks out into a state bordering on civil...
...should be corrected. Every intelligent person should be acquainted with the Bible; every cultivated man should be interested in it. The difficulty seems to lie in the question, whether the study of the Bible can be separated from religion. To answer in the affirmative seems like stating a paradox. This fact, however, seems clear: that religion may be left in the background, with the idea of literature in the front. As literature the Bible has an almost universal appeal. Bible classes are not crowded, because every man feels that here the Book is studied not for itself...
...paid in salaries to professors, instructors, and assistants is $550,000, and the total sum paid to students in fellowships, scholarships, aids, and prizes is $134,000. Nowhere in the world is the promise of young life rated so highly in comparison with the performance of maturity, and, paradox though it may seem, that is one of the causes of the high achievements of maturity in America...