Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...always first affected by easier money, here showed distinct strength. In fact the further question regarding inflation through excessive gold imports is again arising. A year ago in March, bankers were able to control an undoubted tendency toward credit inflation and a runaway stock market. Now, however, the task would be harder. We have more gold, less active business in many lines, and a Presidential election ahead. No good Republican would particularly enjoy seeing the brakes applied to the money market as hard as to cause a skid downhill similar to that experienced last year. As long as the Federal...
...zealously preaching and promoting their religion." The same could be said of almost every other religion including Hinduism or Christianity. However, being asked several times by the so called "godless" Harvard men to give a frank expression to the Hindu attitude toward all missionary religions, I am undertaking the task and do hope it will be received in all fairness and intellectual honesty with which it is being discharged...
...than six months ago they were in possession of a safe, comfortable, docile, manageable, majority of some 70 or 80 members. They are here today with followers who number considerably less than one-half of the House. . . It would be a waste of time to indulge in the thankless task of slaying a suicide. On the issue raised by this amendment [to the King's speech], judgment goes by default...
...trust in Divine Providence, which will not abandon us. ... It is a great imprudence to allow oneself to be conquered by the first difficulties; and in works having to do with divine worship, we must begin with great magnificence, leaving to posterity and above all to Divine Providence, the task of completing them...
...course we do not want Mr. Phillips to feel that we are unsympathetic and ignore the sincerity of these people. We see clearly that the task is not nearly as simple as that of the patriarch Moses when he faced a similar situation. He had to deal with people who had already descended to their knees in worship. Finding them in this emotional mood it was not difficult to transfer their adoration from a golden calf to the heavens. There was no argument needed worship was worship...