Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mechanics of his biography, be first sketches the life of Gandhi till the beginning of his leadership, of the peaceful revolt of India in 1920. Then he outlines his teachings. It would seem that he had said most of what was to be said. But this, Part I, is the least interesting of the three parts. In the second he describes the political, religious, and spiritual events of the first year of the revolt. The actual events are only sketched--the rest is the story of the man, and a people and a religion. Then Mr. Rolland gathers together...
...Liberalism is not a matter of protest, or revolt and defiance," said Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in an address at the Liberal Club yesterday. "It is, rather, the search for truth with a free mind, and with a spirit of humility arising from faith in one's self, in human-kind, and in the verities of human progress. We are having disclosed day by day some of the most sordid events in our entire history. The price we pay for war, lawlessness, unbelievable political corruption, and a thousand other things constitute a great post-war debauchery...
...interest in the literature of Rome and Athens differs fundamentally from the enforced interest of an earlier generation. The general abomination of prescribed Latin and Greek produced in part, at least, that revolt against the rigid college course from which emerged the elective system. Under President Eliot the principle was adopted that personal interest should determine the direction of undergraduate study. And the renaissance of Latin and Greek which appears imminent must result from the free play of this principle. There is certainly as much to induce a study of Latin in Cicero's orations, as there is to induce...
Said Cyril: "The Cheka's attempt to repress opposition will be accompanied by a new reign of terror in Russia, but it is too late. The seed of discontent is sown, and 85% of the population are tired of Bolshevism. A revolt against the Soviet is a question of only a short time. . . . The people have suffered enough and both laborers and peasants are longing for a new regime. There will be shooting without discrimination again, but the spirit of revolt will conquer in the end. I am convinced, after reports from the most reliable agents inside Russia, that...
Venizelos' father was a merchant and desired him to adopt a commercial career. He was sent to Athens to study law. Some years after, he headed a revolt in Crete against the Turks which was entirely successful. The Turks offered autonomy for Canea, but Venizelos refused, desiring union not of the town of Canea, but of all the island of Crete with Greece. His attitude caused a riot in which he was nearly stabbed. At night when he was asleep his house was set on fire, but he succeeded in escaping...