Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thinking of the school s the great basis for national education we are too apt to forget its partner in this vital field, the public library. Adults are beyond the reach of the school but they may be within the reach of the libraries. Especially in the education of our foreign born population have they great possibilities...
...remedy" for the deep rooted antagonism of capital and labor "lies not in the destruction of capital, which is vital to our existence and beneficent in proportion to its abundance, but in taking out of the hands of a small class the duty of providing it, in recognizing its fundamental importance, and in having the community itself, and every man in it; according to his ability, provide the capital necessary to our life and well-being." Then "every man would be a capitalist and the war of class against class would disappear...
...most important, the most vital thought in the mind of the worker is "Will I work tomorrow?" I will never forget my first night in a "model" mining town outside of Cleveland. The hour was approaching five and I noticed that children on the street ceased to play, the women on the door steps stopped talking and awaited in terrible silence. Then, at five exactly the mine whistle began to boom.--One, two and then, three. The tension was over. There would be work tomorrow. Smiles came back to the faces of the women and the children began to play...
Amid all the confusion and uncertainty which surrounds that chaotic state known as Germany, one vital fact has been brought out by the overthrow of the Kapp regime,--the German people are in favor of a democratic form of government. Unexpected as this may appear, it is hardly to be denied. In Bavaria, Saxony, Wurttemberg, and the north-western parts of the country, where the influence of the Prussian eagle had been least marked, it was to be expected that a new despotism would be unpopular. But the amazing thing is that Berlin, the center of Junkerthum, far from acclaiming...
...deal." Of course, but that means nothing. Mr. Hoover has shown, both by act and by word, that he really understands the tremendous difficulties of the problems involved, and that he has definite ideas as to the solution of, and at least a method of approach toward solving, these vital questions...