Word: extinctionism
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The ways of national politics are amusing, and the antics of kinglets and kinglings more droll than those of Chaplin, primarily, no doubt, because they take themselves so very seriously. It is noteworthy now that Germany is spiritually shedding large tears over this ruthlessness to "a brave little people." Germany...
War is a terrible game for nations to play, as our pacifists have shown in many words. And while we were at peace we recognized how terrible war is. We read the dispatches from Europe telling of Belgium being tortured to extinction, and France agonizing for her very life, shuddered...
"This was a fatal moment in the history of Israel, the nation which was bound to influence more deeply than any other the religious opinion of modern Europe, which was in sore stress, and, in fact, in danger of extinction.
The proper punishment is not the expulsion of the individuals, for the Polo Club will be drunk again next year, and much the same thing may happen. The evil cannot be remedied by a reform of the club, because, being a purely Freshman organization, there is no steadying influence to...
Mr. Shields then showed several beautiful slides of the larger wild animals, many of which are being saved from extermination only by the laws recently passed at the instigation of the League of American Sportsmen. One picture, showing five miles of bleached buffalo bones, was unusually effective in illustrating the...