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Show j LEARN A WORD I I EVERY DAY Today's word Is ALTRUISM. It's pronoun.ed al-troo-iz'm. with accent on the flrt syllaole. It means regard for or devotion to the Interests of others. It was first used by the philosopher philos-opher Fomte, who perhaps borrowed It from the Italian, "altrul," meaning "of" or "to otherB," or from thy L-ntin, "alter," meaning another. It's aiscd like this "Many Americans Amer-icans feel that. while it is all very well for them to discuss amomc themselves the desirability of cancelling can-celling Europe's Indebtedness to them, the suggestion comes with a 'r had grace from the Europeans who seek to profit by this hoped-for altruism," oo |