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Dean Pound dealt at considerable length with the need of knowledge of the Common Law. He traced the wresting of the first personal rights from the King of England, their incorporation in the Magna Charta, and the great influence of that "dusty parchment" upon the Anglo-Saxon race. He emphasized the necessity of building all new projects upon the firm foundation of past experience. Especially in the practice of law should attention be devoted to the gradual growth of personal liberty and the slow progress toward a rational society...
...formal dinners and speeches to the Unit, it was rubbing shoulders with British surgeons over operating tables when the big push was on, working over Tommies and dough-boys alike--that was what made the Harvard Surgical Unit No. 22 a factor in knitting together a permanent Anglo-American friendship." This was the opinion expressed to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday by Captain Henry W. Woodward M.D. 15, who has been abroad with the University Unit since...
...alone has been able to maintain such a service in continuous existence. All the others for varying reasons, have fallen by the wayside. During nearly two years, from its beginning in July, 1915, it was the only outward and visible bond of unity between the great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race; but it was also something more than this--it was a relation between the intellectual and cultural sides of these peoples at a time when their political relations could not be brought into harmony. That it has had much effect in showing the real unity of spirit between...
...opening of a large breach in the Anglo-French front might conceivably mean disaster. Having once pierced through, the outflanking and rolling up of their lines might result in the destruction of all opposition. France would be at the invaders' feet. Before long, Paris and all remaining French territory would be in the hands of German forces. The war would be over. The Allies, though still supreme on the sea, would be unable to attack the enemy at any point, and so, baffled, must acknowledge defeat. Temporary as this would be, for the world can never see a victorious Germany...
...impossible where the carping politician is free to do as he will. On the other, the supporters of Lloyd George demand that he hold tight reins on the English war policy. Labor, pacifist and every type of dissenter find grounds for criticism. Whatever the case may be, the Anglo-Saxon trait of self-criticism and blundering correction of evils has placed the Allies in a very dangerous position...