Word: argument
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...over the question of immigration was taken up and it was shown that if the case were decided against us and the other party approved of the decision, we should be compelled by the rules of the league to surrender our right of sovereignty to just that extent. This argument seems to me unanswerable. It is simply a question of whether or not the United States and her sister nations are willing to sacrifice some of the rights which in the past they have so jealously guarded and thereby secure greater brotherhood among themselves in practice as well...
...chief argument of the opposition as set forth by those who have been most conspicuous in their attack on the proposal of a league of nations is as follows: the entry of the United States into such an agreement would mean ignoring completely the once timely injunction of Washington in 1796,throwing over the Monroe Doctrine of 1824 and becoming inextricably involved in a tangle of European jealousies and alliances in 1924. President Lowell once said that the league of nations is in no more danger of upsetting the Monroe Doctrine than it is of upsetting the price of sugar...
...Intolerance was utterly detestable to him. Himself a man of strong opinions, he was always ready to listen to those of others. He fairly revelled in a stiff argument, provided his opponent would 'play the game.' He was never guilty of 'talking down' to anyone, and fiercely resented it, if anyone tried to 'talk down' to him. He was sure to see the force of both the Faculty and the undergraduate points of view, and was in himself a solution of the perennial problem of 'how to bring about a closer relation between teacher and student.' Throughout his life...
Among the questions which will come up for decision, with the resumption of more normal times in the college life, must be that difficult and perplexing problem of the Union; a subject which already has called forth much discussion, much argument, but the minimum of action towards the definite achievement of placing that institution in the position which it should hold in the University...
...argument that the postponement of the discussion on the League of Nations will lead to its being shelved permanently is not sound. If the League of Nations is such that enthusiasm over its adoption can be cooled within a year, it cannot have the whole-hearted support of the majority. Peace first, and then a league to enforce that peace; that is the world's need, not something to enforce what is yet to be obtained...