Word: potent
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Dates: during 1911-1911
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...great number of different sects in this country. It is true, however, that today our educational institutions are laying very little stress on denomination, and even the churches themselves have very much more respect for one another than ever before. The work of making still closer and more potent the co-operation among the sects is one of the greatest opportunities that lies before the clergy today, and in taking advantage of this opportunity the clergy may hope to regain power to a degree which it has not known for a long time...
...European powers against Napoleon. This confederation, of course, excluded France. After the Napoleonic wars France was necessarily considered in any idea of a federation of European powers. During the nineteenth century, however, the spirit of confederation was displaced by a strong spirit of nationalism, which was the most potent cause...