Word: tyrant
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...seems strange, however, that Americans should show enthusiastic admiration for such a figure. For he has declared that Liberty is dead, and representative government a thing of the past. By his speeches and actions he has abnegated the principles of our Constitution. He should be, to American eyes, a tyrant, a despot, almost an oriental sultan in his arrogant absolutism. But it seems that for the rank and file of humanity the end justifies the means. If the autocrat succeed, who shall gain-say his right to rule? So long as it is Benito who holds the sceptre, "bene...
...unionism and freedom will come to Mr. Vauclain's shops," continued Mr. Gompers. " We shall not make threats. We leave that to him. But freedom will come, even into the last fastness of reaction. Neither Mr. Vauclain, Mr. Gary, nor any other autocrat can forever drive slaves on a tyrant's terms in the Republic of the United States. He does poorly to fling his brutal taunt into the faces of American manhood. The late George Baer once said that captains of industry were God's trustees. General Bell once said: ' To hell with the Constitution.' Mr. Vauclain seems...
...tomorrow at Fenway Court the artistically inclined of the University could wish no more delightful companion than Sir Roger himself. He would undoubtedly insist on walking through the gardens in the role of an Italian tyrant, discoursing the while on the greatness and license of the court of the Medicis. After puffing up the stairs, admittedly the stout English gentleman again, a great Flemish tapestry room would transform him into a portly burgher. Yet the sight of an Elizabethan fireplace would make him the happiest of all. Sinking naturally into the nearest eighteenth century chair, despite signs to the contrary...
...following estimates of books most in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: POOR PINNEY-Marian Chapman -Boni ($2.00). Poor Pinney is an inoffensive, pathetic and extremely objectionable little commuter. He is a tyrant in his own home and keeps up a brave front over his abysmal internal hollowness. He looks up to the local Babbitts with a marked awe, which he refuses to acknowledge to himself. His ship is always on its way in and never docks. His story is told with meticulous attention to the detail of his vulgarisms. THE GIRL...
...seems that success in acting the part is largely accidental. An actor stalks up and down the stage, and the audience is enthralled. Or he steps gracefully, chides his mother considerately, and soothes his Ophelia, and what can the easy-going audience do--save applaud. Success appears a tyrant, and arbitrary both as concerns actors and audiences...