Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Principles. "Teach youth a trade, increase his earning power," say the vocationalists. "Help youth adjust to the complexities of modern society," proclaim the pragmatic Deweyites. "Instill in youth the wisdom of past ages," cry the Hutchinsites, flourishing their Great Books. Underlying all such panaceas are the basic principles of the world-envied U.S. educational system-"Jeffersonian" and "Jacksonian...
Alvin Johnson, of New York's New School for Social Research, has been the first great educator to submit comment on the Report. While slyly taking exception to the rich mixture of simile found in the book, he praised its wisdom, its comprehensive scope, and its readability...
...India's summer capital, statesman ship and wisdom were on trial. For in Simla's viceregal lodge the momentous conference of Viceroy Lord Wavell and India's nationalist leaders was about to begin. At stake was the future of India and the Wavell Plan (TIME, May 21), leading to eventual Indian self-government...
...Faith, Wisdom, Courage. Then in the green-walled conference room Lord Wavell addressed the delegates. "It will not be easy," he said. "On the column which stands in front of the Viceroy's house are engraved these words: 'In thought faith, in words wisdom, in deed courage, in life service, so may India be great.' They will make a good guide for our confer ence." Then the Viceroy swore the conference's 21 delegates to secrecy about their discussions...
There are whole volumes on this subject." But this morning, when Koch saw across the room the black-clad figures of three widows of men he had tortured and sent to death, he suddenly became absorbed in studying a fresco of Sapienza (Wisdom) on the ceiling...