Word: seeker
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Nietzsche called himself an atheist, although he is in reality a God-seeker, since he longs for the holiness of an eternal ethical value in life. He has been mistaken for a philosopher. Critics who have sought to condemn him on these grounds have thereby failed to comprehend his message, since his works cannot be analyzed according to ideas, but must be understood in regard to mental attitudes...
...future, said Mr. Clayton, the atmosphere will undoubtedly be used as a medium of travel. The flying machine without a gas bag, will be the most common vehicle of aerial travel, but the spherical balloon will hold its place for the pleasure-seeker...
...Bonaparte went on to show how it is that so many office-seekers persist in believing him a "spoils" man, although he has spent his life in active reforms. This is in a measure explained by the noticeable part which he took in the recent presidential campaign, and the fact that President Roosevelt employed him in investigating several abuses in the Civil Services. It was therefore naturally believed that he was an office-seeker, and his reform principles were consequently considered mere party abuse and ridiculed as the sounding catch-words of a public impostor...