Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Criticism, if well-intentioned, although in fact it be mistaken, has always a value; but the shrewdest and most acute criticism if done in the spirit of muckraking is merely slander...
...spirit and purpose of the Fund will be destroyed, if anyone regards it as a drain, and in this connection it should be remembered that the final payment will not be due until June 1, 1915. A. SWEETSER, Treasurer...
...bold type, and the preconcerted and gratuitous nature of the attack, the editors are evidently not unwilling that this "feature" should become the sensation of the hour. A review of the editorial policy of the Monthly for the past two years reveals the steady growth of a spirit of timeliness and journalistic audacity, a spirit communicated perhaps by the Monthly's youngest contemporary, The Illustrated. That this will in the end prove to be a whole-some tendency is altogether probable. There is no necessary contradiction between usefulness and fine writing. Within the limits of digestion it is better...
...common judiciary of the two countries, common legislature, citizenship, or territory. In view of these facts it is evident that Hungary can at any moment abolish the whole machinery of the union. There is no danger of such a course as long as the Union is maintained in the spirit in which it was started, and the promise of independence is kept. The success of the connection depends upon the goodwill of the two countries, and untramelled freedom in their development
...inhabitants settled in there and became Western Christians. After a long invasion the Turks were driven out, and a firm buffer protected the West from the East. The preservation of Hungary thus brought about has been most remarkable, and its solution has been the early assertion of a strong spirit of national unity. This unity had to struggle against feudalism and the racial problem. The solution of the latter was a compromise between the usual solutions. The conquerors did not amalgamate with the conquered, but they did give them full political rights. This national unity has maintained the politics much...