Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...there are some things which, although carried on under free speech, are only excesses, and in no way promote the purposes for which free speech was instituted and is now supported. Legally, these excesses cannot be prevented without imposing some sort of powerful censorship; and such censorship could not be applied by the government without destroying the liberty which can be so beneficial. Not prohibited by the law, propaganda creeps in and is accepted by many as an almost essential part of freedom of speech. Men may talk on paper-dolls and tin soldiers, but that cannot be set among...
...quite in accord with your disposition to give every man his day in court that you printed the letter which appeared yesterday objecting to Mr. Humphries' talk on Russia. While recognizing the sincerity of its authors, it seems to me that one cannot hope too earnestly that their views may not prevail. Their letter's intolerant demand for the suppression of facts about Russia ought not to prevail in an institution dedicated to to Truth, and is as dangerous to the accomplishment of the university's contribution to national life as the current journalistic claptrap which inspired...
...political sovereignty, which is the shell, but also the economic rights, which are the kernel of the Shantung question, may be restored to China. If not restored, Shantung should be internationalized rather than surrendered to the sole control of the Japanese. If the Shantung clause of the Treaty cannot be modified we look to the sympathy and aid of the United States in securing to China equitable rights in the League of Nations...
...preparing to take a two weeks vacation. While individually they urge increased work on the part of everyone else, collectively they vote themselves a fortnight's holiday. The words of Governor Coolidge in speaking of the Massachusetts Legislature apply equally well to Congress; service as a representative, voluntarily undertaken, cannot be looked upon as a job; it is a trust, and one not lightly to be cast aside...
...here was a group of young men, representing a very prominent side of life, which had been splendidly trained by Dr. Davison, and which was justified in expecting the same generous endorsement from the undergraduate body as would any athletic team at one of their contests. Of course, we cannot legislate people into goodness, nor can we make the undergraduate body go to hear good music rendered by their fellow-students if they won't; but it seems as if the old adage might be considered that, "although you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make him drink...