"Civics" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and subjects will be given especial attention: The Progress of the World, Self-Culture, Civics, "What Career?" Health, Science and Invention, Literature, Correspondence, Editorial Talks, Stories of Great Lives, Healthful Sports, Poetry, Short Historical Stories, Opportunities for Girls, The Young Man in Business, Problems, ...
— How to Succeed - or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune • Orison Swett Marden
... so that Alma has a better job, and things are going easier at home. But that was just a starter. My brave John Wesley, do you remember your college sociology and economics and civics and all the rest? Never mind confessing; you don't; I didn't either. But I began to review 'em in actual business practice. First I told the right merchant what sort of a bookkeeper I had found slaving away for ten dollars a week ...
— John Wesley, Jr. - The Story of an Experiment • Dan B. Brummitt
... as Chairman of the Department of Civics of the Forum Club," pursued Justine, referring to the letter she held in her hand, "to ask me if I will address the club some Thursday on the subject of the College of Domestic Science. I know that you expect to give a card party some Thursday, ...
— The Treasure • Kathleen Norris
... so-called women's clubs. Formed at first merely for a superficial literary culture, they widened by degrees into a study of practical matters related to law and economics. From these it was but a step into civics, where they are to-day, struggling to improve municipal, and indirectly national conditions and gradually having revealed to them the narrow limitations of woman's power in ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various
... do more to help new immigrants fully participate in the American community—investing more to teach them civics and English. And since everyone in our community counts, we must make sure everyone is counted in ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... an "Americanization Club" for Finnish women, with the intention of extending the movement into other Finnish colonies in America. The program of the meetings consists of learning American songs, of addresses on America, its history, civics, women's social work, child welfare. The club activities hope to combat disloyalty, which the club members believe to exist among a number of the immigrants of certain nationalities. The main aim of the club, ...
— A Stake in the Land • Peter Alexander Speek
... Magnus. "I could wish he was more pronounced in his convictions, less willing to compromise, but I believe him to be earnest and to have a talent for government and civics. His ambition does him credit, and if he occupied himself a little more with means and a little less with ends, he would, I am sure, be the ideal servant of the people. But I am not afraid. The time will come when the State will be proud ...
— The Octopus • Frank Norris |
