Word: statesmanship
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...offering adequate theories and methods for improving them. He is quick to give rules (which he believes practical), that will correct the present defects. These rules are given in the Ten Commandments of Science which form the basis of the book. They deal with the great duty devolving upon statesmanship toward eugenics, scientific research, preferential reproduction, art, and internationalism. Special emphasis is placed upon the importance of the socialization of science, of the humanizing of industry, of the trusting of intelligence, and the necessity of philosophical reconstruction. The book is concluded with a chapter on the ethical outlook; giving...
Reply. U. S. Ambassador Kellogg spoke next. Said he: "You have been represented in Washington by a long line of distinguished statesmen, but no man has held a higher standard of statesmanship than Sir Auckland Geddes, statesman, soldier, scholar of the highest order, orator and a man who knew the American people through long study of them...
...recognized and the Greek King left him in charge of the island. His labors were such that it is said he created an entire system of jurisprudence in 21 days. In 1905 he went to Athens as the first deputy from Crete and then commenced his great role in statesmanship...
...interesting time to be in Europe, but a very critical time in the world's affairs. The economic and political chaos existing in many parts of the world calls for the most tolerant and broadminded statesmanship, especially among the great Powers. I hope and believe that 1924 will be brighter than 1923 as the world gradually struggles back from the great conflict. I cannot, of course, discuss international affairs or domestic policy, but I believe Anglo-American relations will grow more and more friendly as time goes on. I shall do my best toward that...
...accepted the Moscow dispatches, and applied salt to the tales of revolution and conspiracy proves that there is no real fear. It proves, on the contrary, that America regards Russia with interest but certainly without much apprehension. And in view of this favorable attitude, the policy of far-sighted statesmanship,--if not of ordinary, average common-sense--would be recognition...