Word: sane
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British Fascist! have incorporated under the title of "British Fascisti, Limited." The articles of incorporation stated that its objects are: "to revive the spirit of sane, intelligent patriotism, to uphold the established constitution and to prevent the spread of Bolshevism and Communism...
...Oxford's freedom proved a dangerous drug to the impressionable Shelley. He rapidly conceived an intense loathing of the whole social order, the marriage contract in particular. He became an atheist. Most Oxford men go through such phases, but Shelley was supersensitive and these seeming sane ideas crystallized into a philosophy. He became for life, with notable exceptions, vir sui judicii. The writing and distribution to the Dons of the Necessity of Atheism ended his Oxford sojourn with cataclysmic suddenness. Shelley was "sent down...
...public press for the past six years. Adjudged insane some 20 years ago, he spent some time in enforced residence at Bloomingdale Asylum (New York State), whence he escaped finally to Virginia, his home. A piquant touch was added by the fact that while he was legally sane in the State of Virginia, he was legally insane in the State of New York, where, undaunted, he was carrying on libel suits against various Manhattan newspapers for calling him insane...
...finally declared sane in New York State, dedicated himself and his $112,000 a year income (he is descended from John Jacob Astor) to a crusade against what he calls the "lunacy trust...
...spirit of sportsmanship which brought the nations into the war to frustrate the claim of Germany to ride roughshod over the world. The spirit of sportsmanship--fair play for all--alone can salvage the remnants of civilization and this spirit alone expresses the real feeling of all sane people and especially of the great democracies of the English-speaking races...