Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century IssuesCompanion volume to "American forum - speeches on historic issues, 1788-1900". American speeches on twentieth-century issues. |
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At first glance it would seem that we should all agree that in order to talk about society or its improvement we should have to inquire into the nature of society , into the common and abiding characteristics of society , and of those ...
At first glance it would seem that we should all agree that in order to talk about society or its improvement we should have to inquire into the nature of society , into the common and abiding characteristics of society , and of those ...
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I have been saying that I want to give the student knowledge about society . But we have got ourselves into such a state of mind that if anybody outside of natural science says he knows anything , he is a dogmatist , an authoritarian ...
I have been saying that I want to give the student knowledge about society . But we have got ourselves into such a state of mind that if anybody outside of natural science says he knows anything , he is a dogmatist , an authoritarian ...
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If we can know nothing about society , if we can have only opinion about it , and if one man's opinion is as good as another's , then we may decide to get what we irra- tionally want by the use of irrational means , namely , force .
If we can know nothing about society , if we can have only opinion about it , and if one man's opinion is as good as another's , then we may decide to get what we irra- tionally want by the use of irrational means , namely , force .
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Contents
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA | 3 |
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE | 51 |
MODERNISM VS FUNDAMENTALISM IN RELIGION | 87 |
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| Title | Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century Issues |
| Author | Ernest J. Wrage |
| Editors | Ernest J. Wrage, Barnet Baskerville |
| Publisher | Harper, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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