Word: altruism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...nations shall exist: "There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion, which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard." "A just pride" would prompt us not to place our trust in the altruism of other nations, for every other nation in the world, until man's nature shall be revolutionized, will have its own interest to observe and its own enlightened selfishness to guide its path. America has its own mission in the world and can go far in the universal promulgation...
...other ways the development is equally clear. Taking into consideration human failings and realizing that human nature cannot change in a night, it is nevertheless scarcely too much to say that the selfish individualism of the past is giving way, in part at least, to a broader sense of altruism. Men today are beginning to care more about the well-being of their fellows. They are establishing means of recreation, industrial insurance and institutions for the betterment of the ordinary lot. The doctrine of allowing every man to shift for himself is a thing of the past...
France, on the other hand, has a great ideal, the "blue sky limit" as M. LeRoux phrased it, which looks toward the uplift of humanity and the altruism of man, not the "objects on the ground" of the Germans. France is not seeking aggrandizement but rather the protection of her women and children, the preservation of her homes...
...dreamer of immediate World-Peace who places his faith in the altruism of human nature, must receive a severe shock upon noting the selfishness of succeeding Senior classes. For three men to compile and edit the Class Album is an exacting and difficult task; and the failure of many of those who elected them to spend the half hour's time necessary for having their pictures taken and filling out their lives is not encouraging...
...Carb's "The Voice of the People" differs from most recent plays on the subject of boss-rule in that its realism is not a mere sham. The ordinary political drama shows a boss whose wickedness is monstrous, in conflict with a young reformer whose intelligence and altruism are superhuman. Mr. Carb has bravely faced the truth that the problem is never quite so simple. His young heroine begins as a worshipper of her uncle, the boss Dan Magee, who seems so strong and generous; and only gradually she comes to suspect that the system he personifies is corrupt...