Word: war
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Science which for two decades has perhaps reared more academic buildings than existed before; which is coming to underlie all the arts of peace and war, and to train the experts who in more and more fields now rule the world, is now again giving to universities greatly enlarged functions, new problems, and almost a new meaning to the very word 'university.' That this new situation will be duly appreciated by a fair proportion of the one thousand millionaires in our land, and by legislators as well as by those who have set their hearts and minds upon the progress...
...seen the ruling characteristics of his after life. He had some ambition for military fame, but on becoming ill after one campaign in which he took part, a more serious conception of life took possession of him. Soon after, when he was on the way to join in another war, a voice from heaven seemed to call upon him to renounce his present mode of life and devote himself to the service of God. He returned to his native town, eager to serve in the cause to which God had summoned him. Inspite of the taunts of old friends...
...history of the income tax is a warning against its present adoption by the U. S. (a) Prussia's income tax is inapplicable in U. S. (b) England's conditions are unlike those in U. S. (c) Witness the experience of U. S. during the war. (d) Tax laws of Boston and Massachusetts are instructive...
...Customs Union would be inconvenient in case of war. (a) It would leave the frontier in a bad condition. (b) An immediate increase of revenue would be impossible...
There will be no more football matches between the military cadets of West Point and the naval cadets of Annapolis. Ever since the great game at Annapolis last fall, the secretary of the navy and the secretary of war have been considering the advisability of allowing these annual military-naval matches to continue, and, in order to help them in deciding the matter, reports were called for from the superintendents of the two academies. These reports were received recently and the superintendents agreed that, while football was a good thing for the cadets on their own grounds, trips to other...