Word: selfishnesses
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...that time. Years of peace and prosperity had led to a certain littleness of thought a narrowness of vision, from which a satisfied world was rudely awakened by the events of 1914. This narrowness, I should say, is the outstanding feature of Mr. Lawrence's characters. They are selfish, every one of them: selfish and self centred...
...incomparable soldiers-we turned our backs upon our associates and refused to bear any responsible part in the administration of peace, or the firm and permanent establishment of the results of the War-won at so terrible a cost of life and treasure-and withdrew into a sullen and selfish isolation which is deeply ignoble because manifestly cowardly and dishonorable...
...from the red tape and the ignorance of distance) is at least likely to be impartial. As for capital, they fear its invasion, because of the examples of the Guggenheims in the mines and railroads, and the canners in the fisheries, both of which, they claim, have been entirely selfish and bad for the Territory...
...other worldly prizes, is a gratification to those whose hearts are set upon it; but in the sight of God not to be compared with work, inconspicuous perhaps to men, that has been built into the permanent fabric of other human souls. If your aim be more than selfish gratification, if it be to accomplish something that will make men happler and better, then the more enduring its effects the more it is worth doing. It may be done in any line of human activity. It may be done, indeed is most commonly done, in connection with earning a livelihood...
...tenor of the new Socialist Workers' Internationale is anti-Bolshevik and antiFascist. It looks with disfavor upon the national movement in Germany; it censors the militarist and imperialist proclivities of the French; it denounces the "selfish diplomatic policy " of Britain...