Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century IssuesHarper, 1962 - 376 pages Companion volume to "American forum - speeches on historic issues, 1788-1900". American speeches on twentieth-century issues. |
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Page 142
... tion exploded . There had been misgivings about inviting Hoover to speak , so much was he the public's symbol of the depression ; but the glum Hoover of 1932 had become a man transformed by his mission . He blistered the New Deal for ...
... tion exploded . There had been misgivings about inviting Hoover to speak , so much was he the public's symbol of the depression ; but the glum Hoover of 1932 had become a man transformed by his mission . He blistered the New Deal for ...
Page 211
... tion as " the most far - reaching and the most fundamental way of correcting social evils and meeting social issues . " And in the speech reprinted in this book he pointed out that , although new social arrangements are brought about by ...
... tion as " the most far - reaching and the most fundamental way of correcting social evils and meeting social issues . " And in the speech reprinted in this book he pointed out that , although new social arrangements are brought about by ...
Page 361
... tion can come . I say this - I hope you will believe me - in no Puritan or pleasure - hating spirit . On the contrary , there is no boredom , no misery to equal the pursuit of distrac- tion alone . We do not slip into happiness . It is ...
... tion can come . I say this - I hope you will believe me - in no Puritan or pleasure - hating spirit . On the contrary , there is no boredom , no misery to equal the pursuit of distrac- tion alone . We do not slip into happiness . It is ...
Contents
THE PROGRESSIVE | 3 |
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE | 51 |
MODERNISM VS FUNDAMENTALISM IN RELIGION | 87 |
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