Word: civilizing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...such as have the subject nations who save suffered from it. The massacres in Armenia were not caused by the blood thirstiness of the population but by the fact that the rulers ordered massacres and had to be obeyed. There has never been mob rule in Turkey--the civil population has always been only too willing to follow the man with authority...
...that Harvard has always progressed at a smooth rather than a jerky rate. Ever on the lookout and with committees always investigating and suggesting improvements, the University has grown slowly but continuously. In this way Harvard, under President Eliot, faced the period of readjustment after the Civil War. The growth of the graduate schools, the liberalizing of the requirements for the degree of "A. B.", and the introduction of the elective system, came gradually. Since their adoption here every one of these changes has been accepted by the collegiate world...
England has a right to expect of us at least as good treatment as we received at her hands during the Civil War. Although, at that time, the happiness of a large number of her laborers and the prosperity of a great industry depended on peace in America, England refrained from recognizing the Southern Confederacy. In the present crisis we must play fair with Britain. England best understands the Irish questions; let the decision be hers...
...from the universities especially trained and fitted, the United States has not offered sufficient inducement to attract men of high standing and ability. To remedy this condition and to attract university graduates who have proved their worth, the Export Association offers several suggestions: First, the formulation of proper civil service regulations to apply to the entire diplomatic and consular systems, with the single exception of ambassadors and ministers, since they are the personal representatives abroad of the administration...
...Alford Professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity is one that has been made eminent by the many distinguished men that have occupied it. It was endowed in 1789 by Edmund Trowbridge, of the class of 1728, and Richard Cary of 1763, executors of the will of John Alford who died in 1761. The first two holders of the title were Levi Frisbie and Levi Hedge. James Walker, 1814, occupied the chair from 1838 to 1853 when he was elected President of the University. Francis Bowen '33 followed him. In 1859 George Herbert Palmer '64 was appointed: after...