Word: proconsulate
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...bear scrutiny. Even in business he had his ups and downs; in politics no less. For five years he, a millionaire, tried to make a newspaper pay, and failed. But he was lucky in his name. That name, with its blended suggestions of some old Roman or Carthaginian proconsul, was no title for a mediocrity; Mark Hanna sounded best as either a bum or a conqueror. He was a conqueror. Marcus Alonzo Hanna, son of Leonard Hanna, well-to-do wholesale grocer and ship owner, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1837. All his life Ohio was his empire...
Similar was the famed function of those ancient Roman slaves assigned to crouch in the chariot of each Conquering Proconsul as he enjoyed his Triumph. "Remember," the slave would whisper, "Remember thou art mortal!" Thus were swelled heads and rash, prideful deeds averted by an art now all but lost...
Five fortresses taken by storm; the defenders captured, fleeing or slain at their posts; the victors, such of them as still could fight, harrying the retreating army through the wilderness?such was the report received by the War Department from its proconsul, General Wood, at Manila...
...people to decide whether they wish to keep the Philippines for selfish reasons. On this question the great proconsul at Manila expresses no opinion. He proceeds with his -the betterment of the Islands and the Islanders, socially, economically. He does it quietly without forced marches or strained rhetoric. Fit for independence or fit for exploitation ? the General scrupulously keeps to his job of making the Islands...
From Fez-it is reported that the officers of the retiring Marshal felt tears start to their eyes as he announced his decision. With him, they declare, a "great modern Ro-manf proconsul" passes...