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...cause and effect, they must have the capacity and the background to see the inter-relation of events, and must be possessed of sufficient imagination to apply the lessons of the Past to the problems of the Future. Anyone who selects History and Literature because he wishes to avoid the economic or constitutional work necessary for concentration in "straight History," or because he objects to the mechanical requirements of the several departments of literature, will be sorely disappointed. The approach is quite different, but the drawbacks which such a student finds in the other departments will many of them...
...Avoid entanglement of dogs with the wheel spokes...
...world court of his own, Johnson has been the undisputed leader of the isolationists. Behind him is the group which preferred poison to the League of Nations on any terms. Meanwhile Senator Johnson has sailed for Europe-to get a first-hand knowledge of the entanglements he wants to avoid. It is his first trip across the Atlantic. Those who will be opposed to Harding in 1924 because of the World Court are calling after the gentleman from California: " Bon voyage...
...just succeeded Senator Copeland as New York's health commissioner, believes that the germ or other cause of the disease can be found, and has put his laboratory men on its trail. Doctors reporting cases are filling out questionnaires for an intensive study. "' The best ways to avoid it," says the Commissioner, " are to keep away from influenza patients and observe the commonsense laws of health...
...Romans argued that the loss of Germany's navy, cables, merchant marine, and trade, has not Incapacitated her and that Germany was sending her gold marks out of the country to avoid payment...