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This reaction, blurred in all cases by local issues, is not a complete repudiation of socialistic tendencies, but is an expedient adopted because socialism in practice has been found an idea with too few heads to comprehend. There still remains in opposition a strong liberal element which will ride the wagon but not steer...
Davico's "Polyphemus" possesses the virtue (unusual in symphonic poems) of brevity. Its programmatic element is clear and vivid without being unnecessarily involved an interesting work...
...element of choice left to the society after the college office has handed in its list, permits recognition to be accorded to the number of courses taken by a candidate, their comparative difficulty, and the progress along a general plan made by a candidate...
...important role in bringing forward for the first time the idea of political liberty; it has made parliamentary government possible. In fact, from an intellectual point of view, it has put an end to the exclusive influence of the clergy and has established the rising importance of the lay element, which made possible, the Renaissance...
...worse footing than the immigrant, because of his tradition of inferiority, because his average moral and intellectual quality is below that of the white man, because he has not had as good a chance to develop what is in him as have the other immigrants, because there is an element in the southern states that does not want the negro to prosper, and because the negroes in the North live in islands of population in the large cities...