Word: poore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Napoleon Bonaparte planned a move in the midst of a campaign, he conferred with overworked generals who were simultaneously commanding troops in the field. First to realize that the complexity of modern warfare rendered a good commander at the front a poor adviser at headquarters was Napoleon's old adversary, Prussian General Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst. To him goes historic credit for establishing the first general staff and setting up a War Academy to train its members...
...Thirdly, Mussolini has, and gives the impression of having, a complete contempt for material rewards, money, comfort. . . . Mussolini comes from poverty, preaches poverty, and remains poor. Yes; his devotion to Italy, and only Italy, is as unmistakable as it is absolute. . . . There must be no personal loyalties, no promises, no doctrinal consistency, nor anything else that conflicts with the destiny of a greater Italy. There are some men who cannot desert the friends of yesterday for the sake of their country. Mussolini is not one of these...
...19th Century and the beginnings of modern art. The great painters of the Renaissance were without exception prosperous men who generally made, if they did not keep, large fortunes. Currently, able artists as far apart as Philip de László and Pablo Picasso are wealthy men. But poor crazy Vincent van Gogh sold only two paintings in his life, received $4 for the first, $80 for the second. He also was able to sell about 20 drawings at an average price of $1.25 each. Today his brilliant landscapes fetch as much as $50,000 apiece...
...school so closely identified with the existing social order. Fears were set at rest when President Lewis began listing the evils of secondary education: "The use of correct, trenchant and beautiful English among the graduates of our secondary schools is so rare as to attract surprised attention. Manners are poor, the courtesies of an early day are classified as Victorian and are therefore discarded. It is considered smart to appear uncouth. Lawlessness is on the increase. Political indifference has increased. Spiritual ideals have become less evident...
...foul slanderers of these innocent men know what their loose tongues lead to? Do they feel the ignominy which their poor victims must feel? Do they not realize that their words eventually and necessarily incite idealists to do away with the innocents whom they describe in such terms...