Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Peace Argument Unreal...
NATURE--Is one of those words in which the eloquence of lovers shines with success. Nothing is more persuasively employed than the appeals made to it, against the rigid prescriptions of duty. Thus, when a lover makes use of this trite argument: "Either nature is imperfect in itself, by giving us inclinations that the laws condemn, or the laws are justly accusable or too great severity, in condemning inclinations given us by nature", this profound sophistry means: "Since you have scruples, my game is to remove them. Reasin may give itself what airs it pleases; but if you love...
...prohibition enforcement, "the subject of supporting the Constitution of the United States, of enforcing laws placed upon the statute books by the representatives of the people in Congress, and the duty of every citizen to obey the law as solemnly enacted, are outside the realms of controversy and argument...
...trend of argument in the editorial discussion that has been going on here has hinged upon the fact that the service was compulsory. There has been no question as to the worth of the service...
...Speaking of Christianity brings me to the often advanced argument that Communism is primarily a Christian principle. In the New Testament there is a passage in which the disciples are told to go and share their goods with the poor...