Word: roots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...affirmative predicated that the next war will finish civilization, and that if pacifism takes root in the United States, it will spread all over the world. "There is a bigger thing now than national patriotism", said one of the speakers from the floor. "The time is ripe for starting a movement for pacifism, and the best place to begin is at home and at Harvard...
...outline of Mussolini's work", said the Ambassador, "can be summed in two words-economic reconstruction. Economics are at the root of every question in this world. They are the prime cause of political strife, of civil and international wars. They are the basis of all social problems, the foundation of private or national happiness or distress, the prime movers in the development of Science and Art and the principal factor in the upbuilding of any great nation. Mussolini is fully convinced that it matters little if a government is red or white, republican or monarchic, revolutionary of hyper...
...Frank Munsey, buyer and seller of newspapers, gave $100,000 to the building fund of the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, seat of the Bishop of New York who is now Dr. Manning. A potent committee under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Elihu Root seeks further funds to total...
...above all, the minister puts in the leverage at the most effective point. It is his business to mend men's souls and not their mere material bodies. He strikes at the root of a man's character; he gets not only under his skin but into his heart, and provides the force to make him a man. For example, take the case of a drunkard, who breaks a leg in one of his orgies. The doctor can set the leg; thus physically the man may be mended. But is his soul any better than it was before...
...Elihu Root: "Roosevelt medals for 1924, three inches in diameter and of solid gold, were awarded to Associated Justice (U. S. Supreme Court) Oliver Wendell Holmes 'for his development of public law,' to Dr. Charles W. Eliot 'for his leadership of youth and development of American character'; to me 'for administration of public office...