Word: assaulted
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Dates: during 1892-1892
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...crying need of our time, he said, is scientific study of ethics. Morality is today challenged on every hand. Nothing stands free from the assault of criticism. To maintain our civilization, we must have a science of right conduct and good character. We might have a science of morality which would trace the facts of our moral life, and yet not touch on morality, or Heaven, or God. It is the consideration of this moral life, which will advance ethics. More than discovering the character of good and evil, we must discover our own life character, and the secrets...
Under these circumstances, it was but proper that the agents of this country should offer an asylum to the refugees of the presidential party. However, this act greatly incensed the congressional party. These events lead up to the assault at Valparaiso upon the sailors from the Baltimore. It was some time before Chile did anything. Finally she did offer a slight apology...