Word: self
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That the hero of Podunk is completely obscured at West Point! And in him, perhaps, is born the realization that he is important only as one of the Corps; that he must be a part of the team or not play at all that he must learn subordination of self to command...
According to a letter from Mr. Pugsley, a trust fund is offered which would yield $24,000 a year. Law Students from various foreign countries and British self-governing dominions will be beneficiaries for a year's study in international law and related subjects at Harvard...
...course the Royal Government will continue to deny Croatia-Dalmatia any such status de jure, but every year these two irrepressibly self-reliant provinces approach nearer to a de facto "dominion status." At present Croats and Dalmatians haughtily refuse to elect representatives of themselves in the Royal Parliament at Belgrade...
...again talked about the U. S. home. "It vibrates through every hope of the future. . . . From the homes of America amust emanate that purity of inspiration only as a result of which we can succeed in self-government...
...them to compete against men who were actually in needs of funds. Even in the absence of pure altruism, such men might use this aspect of the situation to justify a lack of initiative on their part. Work in an undergraduate activity for pay might seem detrimental to their self-respect, as savoring too much of "professionalism." These considerations would tend to eliminate from competition for high positions most of those who did not need the money...