Word: progressivity
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...debate was opened by R. D. Upton of Yale, who spoke on "The party of progress and modern ideas." Many things have been urged against the Democratic party, but it is essentially a party of reform, nominating Grover Cleveland, who become the head and consolidated that party, and won for it a glorious record. The Republican party, while it possessed great sentiments had also great unity, but when it lost them, it became broken. While the Republican party has became a party of selfish expedients, the Democratic party protects individual freedom. The Democratic party of today is a champion...
...experiment and this retards us in many things. From the McKinley bill we have got increased taxation. We believe in free raw material, and do not think that our great industries will perish if we have less taxation on the necessaries of life. The Democracy stands for equality, progress and protection in its highest sense...
...same tireless energy that characterizes the work of every other department of the University. The story of the work being done at the observatory here in Cambridge and at the one in South America is full of interest for those engaged in scientific study. During the past year considerable progress has been made along several lines of special investigation and interesting results are announced...
...translation into Greek of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Part I., last nine paragraphs, beginning, "The talk that they...
...game seems to have had enemies at almost every stage of its progress. Edward Third prohibited it in 1365, simply, however, because it interfered with his archery. Richard Second also stopped it, but later kings found it best not to. Its growing popularity was nevertheless disagreeable to many people and in the seventeenth century Sir Thomas Mildman writes: "In likewise foote ball is too utterly abjected of all noble men, wherein is nothing but beastlie furie and extreme violence, whereof procedeth hurte and consequently rancour and malice." The Puritans were the worst enemies of the game; one Stubbes...