Word: civility
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...Apparently there is no regard for law. I do not know by what international statute it may be permitted that one Government loan arms to another Government in time of civil strife."-Senator Norris of Nebraska, Republican insurgent...
...dinner given by the ex-Ministers of the Revolutionary Government, M. Venizelos said: "I intend to remain only until I obtain what I came for, namely, to suppress the probability of civil war. I am not asking the Greeks to do the impossible. I do not expect all Greeks to become friends, but I want them to become accustomed to respect the popular voice of the people and to see that when one party is in power it will not wield its power unfairly against those out of office...
...peace based upon universal justice; personal enmity and political enmity raised their standards in this country and, with the clarion voice of selfishness; summoned to their ranks the armies of discord and defeat. Then the patriotism of a nation united by a great purpose became the party spirit of civil strife. Then the vision of America that had inspired the world became an infectious blindness to hide the vision. Then the courage that led became the fear that would not even follow. We forsook not only our comrades at arms but also the high purposes we had announced so proudly...
...true story of Holden Chapel makes a chapter in itself. No little space is given to the Law and Medical Schools, and we are given a vivid picture of the early S.A.T.C.'s of the Civil and Revolutionary Wars...
Speakers--Professor Vida D. Scudder of Wellesley; Roger N. Baldwin '05, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union; Stuart Chase, Director of The Labor Bureau, and Professor Felix Frankfurter L '06 of the University, Chairman...