Word: sums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Europe today with a 50 per cent reduction on rail-road fares. We were even able to secure a reduction of from 33 to 50 per cent for individual travelers in some of the countries. Our attempts to obtain reduced rates on visas which otherwise amount to a considerable sum, were also successful. Most of the European governments grant visas gratis or on a reduced rate to our students...
...since the whole equals the sum of its parts, what is true in all parts of the world must be true in the world at large. Therefore, the more firemen in the world, the fewer fires the world has. With no firemen the fire hazard would be unspeakable. Carrying out the analogy logically, it seems that the more soldiers the less war, whereas if there were no soldiers in the world nor battle equipment, the war hazard would be unspeakable...
...this be false the whole cannot be equal to the sum of its parts and perhaps it is not. What applies to mathematics would seem to be very untrue in ethics but here lies the basis of most ethical tangles. Very early in Man's development, he found that what was advantageous to him individually, when practised by everybody did not seem to be good for the whole. Then as governments were developed, a more or less efficient judicial system was established so that no longer did it profit the individual to do what was unprofitable for everybody...
...meanwhile the anxious father has offered five hundred dollars reward for the finding of his daughter. Recently in desperation he has doubled the sum. A thousand dollars for the man who picks up the right girl...
...have always held that the head of a large business is entitled to a reasonable remuneration for his work, and that he is trustee for all beyond that sum...