Word: racial
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...granted that a man radically antagonistic to the national aspirations of his race--as a monarchist in America, or a republican in Germany--has small opportunity to voice his own revolutionary opinions in the general unity of the racial aspiration. It is also to be granted that practically if not ethically a few millions have more right to the predominance and success of their views than have a few single...
Sayre founded his arguments on the long occupancy of Alsace by the French, on the geographical position of the two countries, the racial relation between the Alsatians and the French and the strong pro-French, anti-German sentiment of the population...
...fact that racial and political boundaries differ widely is one of the great causes of disturbance in the Balkan countries and their neighbors today. This distortion of boundaries is due to historical causes. Since Austria drove the Turks from Hungary, she has continually attempted to check the southern Slav, grasping territory whenever possible. During the nineteenth century, Servia, Greece, Roumania, and Bulgaria freed themselves from the Turk, and by a concerted effort in 1912, almost drove him from Europe...
...Europe's Racial Conflicts...
...throttles American music by writing of its development and prefacing his remarks with the statement that it is practically non-existent. If Mr. Jopling is severe upon the native composer as he is, he is not pessimistic as to what he may become. He persuasively argues that when various racial elements are blended in the national crucible, there will be a spontaneous effervescence of music redolent with Americanism. A great many "Nationalists" share this point of view. The American composer has been so knocked about, however, that one is tempted to hope that his origin can be ignored...