Word: slumbers
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...democracy. In the 19th century, philosophers constantly argued and debated what the rights and ideals of democracy might be. John Stuart Mill, a passionate libertarian, was convinced that visions of freedom and happiness must be constantly discussed, altered and changed as societies change, lest they fall into "the deep slumber of a decided opinion." In our time, the British philosopher Isaiah Berlin has pointed out, "Men do not live < only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them...
...only shudder when I imagine how many Muslims, Croats and, yes, even Serbs are wondering how much more "shooting back" must continue until America and its allies--composed of people like you and me--wakes up from its murderous slumber. Dominique Padurano...
...took David Hume's assault on the a priori view of causality to a waken Immanuel Kant from his "dogmatic slumber" on the issue of the a priori nature of all metaphysics. Similarly, though perhaps less monumentally, it took the recent controversy between Professor Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. and Zaheer R. Ali '94, president of the Black Students Association, on the origin of grade inflation to awaken me from my own dogmatic slumber on the issue of affirmative action...
...need to reevaluate the justice of the very principle of affirmative action, in addition to the discrepancies between such a noble principle" and its messy enforcement. Likewise, we should all awaken from our doginatic Slumber, on this crucial issue that somehow remains taboo...
...first period was a laugh, offensively, with penalties and icing goals marring any kind of rhythm from developing for both teams. Not even 1:17 of 4-on-3 power-action could rouse the Crimson forwards from their prolonged slumber...