Word: temperance
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There are crown princes and crown princes, and the Crown Prince of Sweden, now touring the country, has shown a temper that even Americans of a thoroughly unsentimental nature can admire. Speaking at the Swedish Lutheran Church is New York City, he admitted gratification that it had preserved the Swedish tongue in many rites, but remarked, "on the other hand you must see that it is your self-evident duty as American citizens to master fully the English Language and the ideals of this country, that you may become good citizens and fulfill obligations of American citizenship...
...conservative temper of his Socialism was made evident from his speeches at that time: "As a Socialist I am averse to terror. I wish every man to see a brother in his neighbor." As everyone knows, Pilsudski remains a bluff, benevolent, illogical, fighting idealist...
Such is the superbly versatile and completely paradoxical temper of Britain's present Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has "taken on" half a dozen different Cabinet posts within the last decade, as a "handyman" turns from mowing lawns to washing windows...
...Disposition and Temper," Professor McDougall, Emerson D. Psychology...
Turati. As the loyal mechanic stepped down, there stepped up into his place Signor Augusto Turati of Brescia, a newspaper man of milder temper. It was asserted widely last week that this exchange is designed to mark the end of what has been called the "Fascist phase of terror." The moderate Fascist clique, headed by Minister of Interior Luigi Federozoni, is announced to have won Mussolini over to a slightly less harsh and repressive policy. Last week the event of significant note was merely that Farinacci did as he was told, resigned. Observers opined that he will certainly be rewarded...