Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is in Japan a considerable body of opinion which sees in Siberia a most desirable field for expansion. The country is rich in natural resources, and the population is small, in many ways it is the best opportunity now open for the extension of Japanese possessions. Japanese statesmen have on occasion given expression to this ambition...
...Suddenly the students of Peking University demonstrated. In the course of their demonstration they gave a beating to two or three statesmen who were suspected of favoring Japan. Their action sent a thrill through the country. A number of them were arrested and the city was practically put under martial law. The Chancellor of the University, a great liberal leader, resigned under pressure, and the students organized and made definite demands on the government...
...Statesmen may deplore the evils of the times; bolsheviks may at any moment tear society asunder; thirsty lips may forever be parched. But if all these disasters do not destroy the spark of humor in mankind, then life will be worth living after...
...have not been tactful in dealing with the demands of the organized steel workers. But that is hardly reason enough for the latter to strike, especially when asked to delay action by the President of the United States. Until some satisfactory arrangement can be made some of our leading statesmen tell us that there will be no peace in the world until every nation gives up a part of its sovereignty to the cause of all. Perhaps it would be wiser for them to apply this idea of self-sacrifice to the common good to the action of individuals...
...time in our history has there been such need for great statesmen for leaders with broad, individual ideas. Where are we to find such men if not in the colleges? It should be Harvard's aim to act as leader in a new movement to make intellectual achievement more attractive. The division of various courses into sections, in order that the more able students may have more opportunity for development, would be a valuable, though it is by no means a complete solution of the question. Students, as individuals, should be given more attention; competition in scholarship should be stimulated...