Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Lowell then drew attention to the singular pertinence of this moral to the life of a forcible man in the "ordinary currents of our time." During the war there was the comfort of having a plain duty to perform, with no moral questions to decide. The great object, never lost from sight, was winning the victory; a man's duty his courses prescribed, was to obey orders, and this was true whether he served in the armed forces or as a civilian. But with the ceasing of hostilities this singleness of aim has changed, as man again becomes...
...wise course for the Democrats is plain. They must in the first place, nominate a man of much greater weight and strength of character than the Republican candidate. Nine-tenths of popular confidence lies in personality; and the Democratic convention must make it its first care to select a man whose record and utterances are sufficient guarantee that he intends to exercise the powers of the Presidency, unaugmented but undiminished. He ought also to be one in whose hands the great productive interests of the country would feel safe. The temptation at San Francisco will be to try to take...
This evening from 6 to 11 o'clock there will be a garden party for the benefit of the American Academy at Rome on the estate of Mrs. Larz Anderson at Jamaica Plain. The University Glee Club will sing and there will be music and solo dancing. Dinner will be served from 6 to 8 and two large orchestras will play for general dancing. Tickets at $5 will be on sale at the gate...
...clock for the American Academy at Rome, at which the University Glee Club will sing. There will also be band music and the Misses Bradlotti will offer sole dancing. Entrance tickets at $5 will be on sale at the gate and bus transportation from the Soldiers Monument, Jamaica Plain, will be available...
...relief work, from the start he made it plain that the relief was administered only until such time as the people were able to help themselves. Furthermore, it was his system to administer the relief through local agencies, that the aid might come directly from the people of the land. Despite the great numbers at all times distributing relief through Europe, there was never a great number of Americans among them, and they were used only where international necessity demanded...