Word: samaritanism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Concerning Chemistry: "We have been repeating the story in the pulpit of the Good Samaritan and telling of his use of oil and wine for the wounded man, of his sympathetic heart and skill. The fact is that in these days of preventive medicine, of more scientific diagnosis, and of the treatment of tens of thousands of patients in our hospitals, the leaders among the Good Samaritans are our men of science, such as Pasteur, Lister and Osler...
...reform Ben, the youngest son, and marry him so that he may have some of the capital. Ben, it seems, burned a barn in his early youth and has not been seen until the hour of mother's death. These are the basic entanglements. Then Jane plays the Samaritan. She keeps Ben out of jail, pays Henry's rent, and buys Orrin a pair of skates. In return for this she is tolerated. Several rifts in the course of true love occur...
...drink was offered him. He refused. Turning to his would-be Good Samaritan, he said: "You've been a better man than the President of the Republic...
...Brooks House the University has been asked to help in this collection. Second hand books do not bring such a big price that the donation of the excess volumes in anyone's library will be a great financial sacrifice. Those who enjoy the sensation of having played the good Samaritan as well as those who want to make the "life on the rolling wave" a little jollier will achieve their ambitions by giving to the Association any reading matter which they may have outgrown. At the same time, the collectors will take old clothing for the semi-annual Phillips Brooks...