Word: wisdom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...short, in connection with the World Court as with the League, God give us the wisdom to act in such a manner that the famous question of Moliere need never be asked of the United States: "Pourquoi est-il alle dans cette galere...
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...sins of the fathers. . . . After a few years she dies, too, and then there is neither passion nor glory for Lens. At last he stumbles upon glory, finding that he has a son of his own flesh. He who has gone dumbly feeling through life concludes: "God's wisdom is stronger than all the foolishness of the world...
...about the same calibre as the Santa Barbara shocks last summer. He predicted that the property damage to New England would be great because of the number of buildings on insecure terrain and the vertical architecture, but he looked for most damage from panic. He argued the wisdom of instructing the public in "the amenities of conduct during earthquakes." In the light of prior experience, he roughed out a preparedness program...
They are ruled by a king, who in his wisdom maintains a severe seclusion and the taboo that for a subject to see him more than once per annum is highly dangerous to the subject's welfare...