Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when in college told me recently that every year he has received appreciative letters from all the members of his group, most of whom have now become good citizens. Seemingly insignificant incidents like these make for human progress far more than big organizations or even the work of statesmen. William James has the right idea about progress when he wrote: "I am against all big successes and big results: and in favor of the eternal forces of truth which always work in the individual and immediately unsuccessful way--underdogs always, till history comes, after they are long dead, and puts...
Millions and millions of people--scholars, statesmen, financiers, laborers--all sharing one thought in common; "there must be an end of war." Not since 1918 has there been such unanimity of thought and effort. And as the war was fought to make an end of war, today the same goal is sought; it is only the means of attainment that differ. Not to put it too optimistically, is almost seems as if once more the world had some specific destination in view...
...complete relaxation before a period of sustained effort will coordinate the faculties and bring them into focus. This little expedient of "collecting one's wits" by dispersing them altogether for a few moments is practiced by such diverse people as baseball players, musicians, public speakers, actors, and even statesmen...
...possession. By inculcating in these students American ideals and methods of though, these various colleges can exert a very wholesome, though somewhat long-distance control of affairs south of the border. It will take time for the effect to become evident, but if the embryo statesmen are given the proper attention and treatment, a gringo tinge will surely appear in the actions of the Mexican government before many years have passed...
...saying that it is "best oating when one's a-hungry' finds a close parallel in the present diplomatic situation. Ever since 1789, American statesmen have been wary of interference in foreign politics; and when in 1920 the executive sought to extend American influence more fully to international circles, our legislators balked. As a Parisian journal recently put it, Europe had mistaken Wilsonism for the voice of the American people; and the Allied powers, therefore, were disappointed that the American-made Treaty of Versaillers did not find acceptance with the United States Senate. The Fourteen Points, the great...