In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party..., the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a "dictator" substitutes himself for the central committee.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The absence on the panel of anyone who could become pregnant accidentally or discover her salary was five thousand dollars a year ...less than that of her male counterpart meant there was a hole in the consciousness of the committee that empathy, however welcome, could not entirely fill.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is no legislation--I care not what it is--tariff, railroads, corporations, or of a general political character, that all equ...als in importance the putting of our banking and currency system on the sound basis proposed in the National Monetary Commission plan.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The preacher then went on to criticise the attitude of religion towards science. "If there is still a feeling of hostility between... them ... it is no longer the fault of religion. There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is so no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last atom of matter is reached; reflect and refine till the last element of thought is made clear; the church now knows with the certainty of science what she once knew only by the certainty of faith, that you will find enthroned behind all thought and matter only one central idea,--that idea which the church has never ceased to embody,--I AM!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the history of human inquiry, philosophy has the place of the initial central sun, seminal and tumultuous; from time to time it... throws of some portion of itself to take station as a science, a planet, cool and well regulated, progressing steadily towards a distant final state.... Is it not possible that the next century may see the birth, through the joint efforts of philosophers, grammarians, and numerous other students of language, of a true and comprehensive science of language? Then we shall have rid ourselves of one more part of philosophy (there will still be plenty left) in the only way we ever can get rid of philosophy, by kicking it upstairs.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The working woman may be quick to see any problems with children as her fault because she isn't as available to them. However, the... fact that she is employed is rarely central to the conflict. And overall, studies show, being employed doesn't have negative effects on children; carefully done research consistently makes this clear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In a large university, there are as many deans and executive heads as there are schools and departments. Their relations to one an...other are intricate and periodic; in fact, "galaxy" is too loose a term: it is a planetarium of deans with the President of the University as a central sun. One can see eclipses, inner systems, and oppositions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »