Word: midstream
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...political bodies. But the errors of centralization are in no way comparable to those of partisanship. Lloyd George stands as a great figure who has led his country well. His principles are sound and his results as good as can at this time be expected. To change horses in midstream is in any case poor policy. At such a crisis in the war, Englishmen are obligated to take no steps which may interfere with its successful prosecution...
...Perhaps it is true that the majority of papers have vacillating policies, but a condition of this kind is evidence of active thinking among college men and of the existence of groups holding diversified views. This results in intellectual progress which may well vindicate occasional changing of horses in midstream...