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...whether a deficient sense of justice in "the radicals" relieves the government of the duty of dealing justly with them. Had one not read the recent correspondence in your columns. dealing, theoretically, with the rights of aliens and citizens to free speech, the question might seem irrelevant. Actually, an answer is needed to clear the air; and the answer, Mr. Wood, is "No: not in civilized countries at present." SYDNEY FAIRBANKS...
...didn't science prevent the war?'" said Dean Brown of Yale in answer to the last question. "The reason our Christianity failed was because there wasn't enough of it, and what there was wasn't of the right sort...
Bishop McConnell of Denver tried to answer the other questions. "The hardest thing the field worker has to contend with," he said, "is the example of his own country. Every time that a man puts a piece of chocolate in his mouth, he is exploiting the raw products of Africa. We must put humanity above production, and see in Mexico 15,000,000 human beings and not merely copper, and oil, and the possibility of rubber plantations...
Great opportunities are open to any graduates in the University who are ready to answer the calls for teachers in the Near and Far East, which are being received by the Harvard Appointment Office. Positions are open in China, Japan, and in Roberts College, Constantinople. Men capable of teaching science, mathematics, and French are especially in demand although teachers of other subjects might be considered...
Euclid's laws suffered a somewhat severe shock when scientists stated that, according to this theory, there is no infinity. To the natural question of "What lies beyond the end?" the scientists answer that space so nearly approaches infinity that we would not be able to determine the difference...