Word: selfe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...disposition to disturb lecturers at the regular college exercises. This tendency to disorderly conduct has not for years been so marked as at present. It is a real symptom of degeneracy at Harvard, of a loss of respect for the rights of one's neighbor, of a decline in self-respect. I submit to the readers of the CRIMSON whether these symptoms of a decline in character among the general body of Harvard students do not deserve the serious attention of every man; whether it is not the duty of each one of us to do his utmost to counteract...
...Egypt is not yet capable of independence and self-government.- (a) Most of the energy it now shows is of foreign origin: Quarterly Review, Feb., 1895.- (b) It is open to the constant threats of invasion from the Soudanese: Rev. of Reviews, April...
Egyptians are not yet self-reliant soldiers...
...making of the foundations of the present prosperity in Egypt.- () The canal.- (2) The Burrage.- (3) The beginnings of just government.- (4) Equal justice.- (5) National education.- (6) Commerce.- (7) Manufactures: Quar. Rev., p. 286, (1895).- (i) England has failed utterly to teach the Egyptians the art of self-government.- (x) They have failed so to manage the affairs of Egypt that the Egyptians might recognise and appreciate the advantages of a civilized form of government: Fort...
...success.- (a) Government must be despotic except as changed by gradual growth; for (x) it has been despotic for thousands of years: Fort. Rev. 63, as above.- (b) English and Egyptians can never harmonize: Fort. Rev. p. 897 (June, 1884).- (c) It has for its object England's self-interest.- (d) French is the official and judicial language, and sympathies are all French: Contemp. Rev. 67, 390 (March '95).- (1) England has failed utterly to introduce the English language, and has thus failed to gain control over the native population.- (e) Egyptians despise the English: Fort...