Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...World Almanac and Encyclopedia...
...Andrew and will be open to all members of the University. Professor Palmer, during his connection with St. John's College has become intimately acquainted with the problems of Chinese education and the wide field for aid which they offer to laymen from all parts of the world...
...Fool of the World and Other Poems," by A. Symons...
...this development of homogeneity each step has been in sequence to what has preceded. The first desire for union was the result of fear of the mother country. Later, came the War of the Rebellion, the greatest war the world has ever seen, and the result was a Union, welded in the white heat of civil combat. This was not planned, it was evolved. The policy of national liberality to those who have built railroads and factories, was of vast importance to the further development of the Union. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have been characterized by contests for territory...
...Shaw emphasized at length the huge size of our national wealth, and the commanding position among the nations of the world which is ours to honor and protect. Our opportunities are unsurpassed to secure a fair portion of the commerce of South America and South Africa. The Isthmian Canal will be an important factor in securing our full share. But we must have a merchant marine to supplement the navy of which we are justly proud...