Word: landmark
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...points to the solution of one of the most difficult problems in the government of a democratic state. The proposal to take a vote on the thirteenth of next January in the colleges of America on four phases of the question of ratification of the treaty may prove a landmark in the history of the organization of opinion...
Years from now, it is safe to state, those who are present at today's ceremonies will recall the Mechanics Hall speech as a landmark in the history of American policy. It will in all probability be the first of a series of great efforts to convince the people of the United States of the wisdom of his doctrine. Whether or not we agree with the details of the plan we must confess that the motive behind it is of the noblest--the abolition of useless war. Let us hear him first and then judge the advisability of entering...
...energy that knew no bounds and which in itself inspired all who felt it, and he was a patriot whose loyalty to his land his critics never ventured to assail. His fall sends a shudder through the world. A beacon light has gone out. A towering oak, a landmark age-old has fallen. Yale bows its head in silent tribute to this great American. YALE NEWS...
...universities for the largest endowments, the largest number of students, and the greatest variety of departments, Harvard has shown that she can place quality above quantity and the general interests of education ahead of those of a particular institution. It is hardly too much to say that a new landmark has been created in the history of educational philanthropy in America...
...administration of James McCosh from 1868 to 1888 is the greatest landmark in the history of Princeton, Whatever shall be the development of the institution, hereafter, it must always be said of James McCosh that, while loyal to the foundation and the history of the college, he, more than any other man, made it a university. Though it was not until after his death that the title of university was given, it should never be forgotten that the university life began in his administration...