Word: tact
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Victor Hugo was of plebian origin; hence the vigor of his physical constitution, the violence of his anger, his intellectual and moral health; hence also a certain lack of taste, of tact and of delicacy. During his youth he wandered abroad, in Italy and Spain, where he accumulated a stock of impressions. These impressions received in the course of his travels became fruitful in the dreams of his later years...
...superficially administered. (1) The ministers could not give their whole time to legislation. (a) They must give careful attention to keeping their majority in the House (Sedgwick, p. 423). (b) Their administrative duties take time and attention. (2) They would not be the best to legislate. (a) Parliamentary tact and oratorical ability rather than administrative fitness becomes the ground for the choice of ministers. (x) Such men must be chosen as ministers who can best carry Parliament with them...
...Governor Russell's lot. Every other officer in the state government, with one unimportant exception, was a member of the opposing party. Governor Russell won because of his personal integrity and devotion to the highest interests of the state. Standing alone in this difficult position, he, by his tact and high character, made friends of his political opponents. In his speeches he spoke not as an orator in the accepted sense of the word, but he showed a command of persuasive and sincere speech, speaking as a man of good sense and strong convictions in a pleasant, manly...
Kentucky, after much indecision, finally declared in favor of the Union. Here Lincoln's tact was sharply contrasted with the overbearing action of the Southern leaders. The result was in fact chiefly due to the President's delicate handling of the matter...
WANTED-A student of ability, tact and, above all, Christian character, to take charge of a boy's physical training class promising good salary. No experience is needed. Y. M. C. A. or St. Paul's man preferred. Address Harold R. Stanley, Holden Chapel...