Civilizing

Examples

• The ruthless exploitation of India becomes the civilizing fulfilment of the white man's burden; not infrequently the missionary, drummer, and prospector are embodied in one man. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The dance halls, the social centers, the playgrounds, the reception of strangers--these can become instruments for civilizing sexual need. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The task of civilizing our impulses by creating fine opportunities for their expression cannot be accomplished through the City Hall alone. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And so no man can gauge the civilizing possibilities of a new set of motives in business. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But once you see the state as a provider of civilizing opportunities, his whole objection collapses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The underlying tone of it is that society is made by man for man's uses, that reforms are inventions to be applied when by experiment they show their civilizing value. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• To their civilizing work among the Indians in South America we shall presently allude. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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