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Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930

"The Promise of American Life"


Trust funds,
evils of, 383-384.
Trusts.
_See_ Corporations.

U
Un-Americanism,
the reforming spirit wrongly called, 49.
Unification, of Germany by Bismarck, 247-249;
wars which helped toward, were justifiable, 256.
Unionism, labor.
_See_ Labor unions.
United States Steel Corporation,
lease of ore lands by, 114.

V
Vienna, Treaty of, 225.
Virtue,
the principle of democracy, 454.
Voting,
for state representatives, 329;
American systems of, 341-343.

W
Wage-earners,
increasing standard of living for, 206;
weakness of socialistic programme for, 210-211.
_See_ Labor unions.
War of 1812 and its lessons, 53-55.
Wars,
justifiability of, 255-256;
likelihood of more, before establishment of a stable European
situation, 257.
Washington,
foreign policy contained in Farewell Address of, 290.
Wealth,
necessity of opportunity for acquiring, 203;
improvement in the distribution of, 209-210;
distribution of, in France, 244-245;
equalization of distribution of, by graduated inheritance tax, 381-385.


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