Word: selfishnesses
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...importance. No nation cradled, as America was cradled, in idealism can afford to neglect the demands of trusteeship. The League of Nations calls upon her to be one of the guarantors of European civilization. She would be assuredly unworthy of her origins if she sacrificed that duty to selfish and possibly non-existent claims of her private interest...
...little the members of 1922 appreciate the educational value of these competitions and the exceptional opportunities they afford of getting in touch with the members of the class. A man who spends all his time on his studies never gets outside his own narrow sphere. His occupations are personal, selfish ones and he has no interest either in his own class or in the university. The experience of management cultivates his executive ability and broadens his viewpoint. For the first time he becomes aware of the prominent part which college activities play in the life of the university, and realizes...
Despite this remarkable progress, there still exists a group of selfish and contemptible individuals who will forever place their own interests before the interests of humanity,--who, in other words, have not read the "signs of the times". Such persons will be given little recognition, if any, at the coming peace conference...
...such a disaster. In a country where the geographical division of labor and industry has been carried to such an extent as in America, the welfare of the people demands efficient and unified service on the part of the railroads at all times; conflicting interests of shippers and the selfish attitude of railroad managers toward labor must never again be allowed to jeopardize the safety and well-being of the populace. Whether what we desire would be best accomplished under the former private ownership, under the leasehold system, or under pure government ownership is one of the many problems that...
...ideal. We were eager to sacrifice for one common purpose. What will be our ideal now that the war has ended? Will we work together for the common good, or will there be a breaking up of a great national purpose into a number of conflicting, smaller, and more selfish purposes...