Dominated as our political thought is by Roman and feudal imageryhypnotised by symbols and analogies which the necessary development of organised society has rendered obsoletethe ideals even of democracies are still often pure abstractions, divorced from any aim calculated to advance the moral or material betterment of mankind.

The boy believes that Judge Lindsey is his friend, and that the reason he is sent to the reform school is that he may reap a betterment which his full freedom cannot possibly offer.

Above all there is distinct literary merit in ita polish which leaves you unable to suggest the betterment of a word anywhere.

The surface is much the same I think; before lunch there seemed to be a marked improvement, and after lunch the ponies marched much better, so that one supposed a betterment of the friction.

But whereas the Americans invariably asked that they be allowed to govern themselves, being delighted to undertake the betterment of their condition on their own account, the French, on the contrary, habituated through generations to paternal rule, were more inclined to request that somebody fitted for the task should be sent to govern them.

A new telephone company, entering where a monopoly has held the field, works at once a wonderful betterment in rates, courtesy, and service.