Word: west
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...burdens here mentioned, said Professor Peabody, are of two kinds: those which we must bear for others and those which we must bear ourselves. This teaching was a new conception of Christian self-sacrifice; it was the foundation for the progress of the west, and was never followed out more than it is today. It is this doctrine which has made the present an age of philanthropy: people everywhere are helping their fallen brethren...
HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 25. - After competitive speaking these members of the senior class have been chosen as contestants for the prizes offered by Justin H. Smith of Boston, for excellence in extemporaneous debate: George W. Day, of Plymouth; William A. Foster, of Concord; Daniel E. Putnam, of West Randolph, Vt.; Roland E. Stevens, of Norwich...
...corporations. - (1) It leaves a great class of farmers at the mercy of the water companies. - (2) It would lead to the creation of large estates and the crushing out of small holders. - (3) It would lead to popular hatred, as in the case of railroads in the west...
...Whatever is necessary can be done without government intervention. - (a) Private enterprise most economical: Forum, XII, 740. - (b) Private capital is able to create and manage such a system. - (1) Private capitalists have undertaken such works in the west, as in New Mexico: House Exec. Doc. 51 Cong. 2 Sess. (1890-91) VIII, 608. - (2) Private capitalists have undertaken equally large operations. - (x) Niagara Falls Water Power Co. - (y) Great railway systems...
Professor John Williams White is out West and will not be back until next week...