Word: argument
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Such sincerity and temperance of thought and speech in a labor leader as Mr. Plumb displayed in his masterly argument here cannot be safely or successfully met in these times by the utter repudiation of it as a "stump speech." It is not in any spirit of prejudice which characterizes all such arguments by epithet that the problem will be settled. The hope of the country lies in holding up the hands of the labor conservatives, not necessarily by servile acquiescence in their views, but at least by a patient and sympathetic co-operation through which alone a satisfactory compromise...
...Bolshevism cannot be checked by argument," says Mr. Carver. He is right. It can't. And the inference is that the only other way is to kill it with clubs and guns. But Mr. Carver doesn't advocate that, for he says "If . . . the principles of peace triumph, civilization will advance." He means, of course, that we have done well to give up our attempt to smash a new system of government with guns; we should try the methods of peace and understanding, that we may not drift "toward another Dark...
...caused him to say what he did. He is not so much in sympathy with the strikers as he is against the uncompromising attitude of Commissioner Curtis. No matter how far in the wrong the latter may have been, whole-hearted sympathy with the striking policemen cannot be. The argument used so much by their attorneys that they did not strike until assured the city was safeguarded does not hold. If they had known this there would have been no point in striking. They thought they could terrorize the public into submission, but they failed to realize the temper...
Within the next few weeks some definite action must be taken by the Senate on the peace treaty. The question has, by this time, resolved itself into a matter of expediency. Argument over the method of its framing, over personal like or dislike of its framers, over their honest or dishonest intentions, all this is obsolete. We have a treaty before us. We all of us agree that it is not as perfect a one as we could have written ourselves. Nevertheless it is here, to be rejected, amended, or ratified...
...This argument is founded upon the delusion that every verdant Freshman who enters the gates of Harvard knows just what is best for him, and that he will carry out to the letter this wisely planned schedule for his college career; which is a delightful prospect, but conceived in the clouds. It is hard to believe, with the new departmental examinations, the stress put upon "intellectual responsibility," and the liberal courses offered, that Harvard is fostering the "type" and discouraging "whatsoever things are elevated...