Word: selfishness
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...burning and wrecking, Eamon de Valera has at last thrown his cards upon the Free State table. How this man, often reported captured or wounded, has eluded the government's grasp so long and fought on against ever increasing odds passes comprehension. Whether his object was dictated by mere selfish ambition or by fanatical zeal, even those who have no liking for him must pay some respect to his stubborn courage. But he has now withdrawn his foreign ambassadors, proclaimed a cessation of hostilities, and produced his conditions of surrender so that Ireland can at last heave a vast sigh...
...central idea of the League ot Nations, as I understand it, is a system of international conferences and cooperation, not depending on coercion, without coercion, without force, without any interference with the sovereignity or full independence and freedom of action of any of its members; working not for any selfish interests, but for the establishment of better and more brotherly relations between the nations, and for the establishment of peace upon the earth. That is the idea of the League...
...vocational purpose has a legitimate place in every plan for a college education. It need not be a selfish purpose because the world needs trained men in many fields. To train oneself for some of these fields is less selfish than to seek an education without regard to any useful work. To seek an education with a fairly definite idea as to what the world needs, even though the world is willing to pay well for it, harmonizes perfectly with a social purpose. The fact that you will be well paid for your work need not deter you, provided...
...taunt can be flung at Percy Haughton's kind of football. His advent means that a number of Columbia's young men are going to submit to iron discipline, to a harsh cenobitic rule, for the upbuilding of the corporate over-soul. That is a fine thing in this selfish age. New York Times...
Though the population and natural resources are far greater than those of Canada, the amount of invested capital and thus material prosperity is infinitely less. This is due partly to the selfish "Islands for the Islanders" policy of restricting foreign investment, but mostly due to the inability of its banks to float needed loans. United States is providing the Filipinos with enough education to better their condition, but since the banks cannot provide the money, no progress is being made. If the Islands has an Aladdin's lamp to summon a Rugger, Rothschild, or Morgan, their problem would be straightway...