| United States. Department of State - 1889 - 842 pages
...of government, attends the certain determination of questions affecting the validity of marriages. But it is a "condition and not a theory that confronts us " iu China. A well-iuformed lawyer would know generally what the law governing marriages was. Certainly... | |
| 1895 - 816 pages
...aspects. It is scientific in method, philosophic in spirit, and zealous for- wise conclusions, because it is a condition, and not a theory, that confronts us; and because Christian Sociology aims primarily at the betterment of mankind and to add to the sum of human... | |
| Medical Society of the State of West Virginia - 1901 - 808 pages
...delivery slowly and cautiously accomplished. But if dilatation of the cervix have scarcely commenced, then "it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us," and the obstetrician who hesitates and dilly-dallies here is guilty of conduct little less than criminal.... | |
| United States. Department of State - 1890 - 832 pages
...of government, attends the certain determination of questions affecting the validity of marriages. But it is a "condition and not a theory that confronts us " in China. A well-informed lawyer would know generally what the law governing marriages was. Certainly... | |
| 1917 - 692 pages
...are doing as noble a work for all the people for all time as was ever done anywhere we realize that it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us, and I would throw my hat in air and lead in three times three cheers if a Carnegie or a Rockefeller would... | |
| Winfield Scott Crowe - 1893 - 166 pages
...and brutality in this world ? He does allow it. It may be a theory that confronts the Presbyterian ; but it is a condition, and not a theory, that confronts us. We may solve the Presbyterian dilemma by denying the alleged facts; but no power of mental science... | |
| Walter Seth Logan - 1894 - 36 pages
...will not do or whatever he cannot do as well, organized society — that is, the state — must do. " It is a condition and not a theory that confronts us," and it is action and not precept that we need most. The doctrine of laissez faire puts the individual first and... | |
| 1896 - 162 pages
...President, Ladies and Gentlemen, — I think the time to speak has passed and the time to act has come. It is a condition and not a theory that confronts us and what is wanted now is some practical solution of the problem of the peaceful determination of international... | |
| 1899 - 950 pages
...sounds, and each letter should have one sound and one only. All this is true, and no one disputes it. But it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us, and it is found that our alphabet, •with all its admitted defects, is capable of forming all the words of the... | |
| Illinois State Historical Society - 1917 - 214 pages
...not interested. In all associations a few persons do the work. This is not ideal, not desirable — but it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us. These conditions exist in all associations which are not pressed by some living, vital force of the... | |
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