Word: regardless
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...estimating his probable receipts, and then decides from that what he can spend. The committee have quite reversed this process. First they have hit upon the amount which they think it desirable for the Union to spend, and then have tried to bring the income to that figure regardless of other matters. Their idea is that expense should determine income, not that income should determine expense. In other words, these kindly Procrusteans propose to build a bedstead of ample size, and then to secure a fit by stretching out their prospective lodgers. If the lodgers were all to be tall...
...better than idealism. This is a false view to hold, however; party lines are rapidly dissolving in these days, and no party dares claim support merely as a party. The time has come for independent action, and this can best be had by each man working for the best, regardless of support from others. The only issue before us now is public honesty; every so-called party issue is only a shibboleth...
...have their photographs reproduced in the Album, the reason for such a requirement is by no means apparent. In making up the Album in former years, the work of various photographers has been used, it being presumed that in each case a Senior submits his most faithful likeness, regardless of where or by whom it was taken. The question raised is why may not a Senior who is satisfied with the results attained by his photographer submit a photograph by him for reproduction in the Album...
...empire on the one side for independence on the other. The disproportion of resources between the two contestants reminds one of the Persians and Greeks. Our own ancestors had infinitely smaller odds to face when they rose in revolt. The doctrine that we should sympathize with a nation, regardless of the rights of any dispute, merely because it is more civilized, seems to me to be destructive to the principles of international morality...