Word: persistence
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From this analysis of the standards by which the progress of nations is measured it will appear that the western nations are not as progressive as they seem. If the present generations persist in following the methods of their fathers, the west will sink to where it cannot rise. In the east there is a balance held between material progress and spiritual progress, and it would be the saving of the west to maintain a like balance...
...Bonaparte went on to show how it is that so many office-seekers persist in believing him a "spoils" man, although he has spent his life in active reforms. This is in a measure explained by the noticeable part which he took in the recent presidential campaign, and the fact that President Roosevelt employed him in investigating several abuses in the Civil Services. It was therefore naturally believed that he was an office-seeker, and his reform principles were consequently considered mere party abuse and ridiculed as the sounding catch-words of a public impostor...
...glory of our new century. Already this century is bringing to you younger men, questions and decisions to the full as interesting as the last century brought to us. Every honor is open to you, and every victory, if only you will dare, will strive strongly and will persist...