Word: ideale
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...honor as a man," he swore, " and as an adopted citizen of the United States, with all sympathy for other people in their struggles toward realization of an ideal of freedom, I declare that I believe the Republic of the United States of America is the best form of government on the earth today...
...loss is enormous, greater than was expected and, of course, greater than anything we have ever known before. From this experience we shall learn how to build houses which will to a certain extent, resist earthquakes in the future, and so we shall be able to reconstruct an ideal city. Permanent building materials are scarce though temporary wooden barracks are now being built by the Government and by the affected municipalities. Permanent building should be finished in about two years. Tokio was a very old city and it was not an ideal one, but now it will be like building...
...such a process, there are signs of a natural reaction and of a growing sentiment in favor of at least a few colleges which, in opposition to the mammoth institutions of our generation, shall maintain for those who wish it and can benefit by it the tradition and ideal of liberal education...
...been called "a rope of sand" because it is a federation of autonomous unions, not a union of dependent bodies. It was originally formed in opposition to the contrary ideal of the Knights of Labor. The fact that the rope of sand has become a powerful organization may be attributed largely to the personal energy of the man at its head...
Hitherto most plans have been based on some direct limitation on entrance and have proved either ineffectual or inexpedient. But one suggestion approaches the problem from a different point of view. Most critics have started with the ideal of a college of exceptionally high standards secured by means of limited enrollment. A far more logical way would seem to lie in reversing this attitude and in developing, as far as possible, a college which, like Oxford and Cambridge, will appeal only to select and limited numbers...