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...result of the experiment." said Jean ^ Toomer last week, "I am satisfied that it is entirely possible to eradicate the false veneer of civilization with its unnatural inhibitions, its selfishness, petty meanness and unnatural behavior. . . . Adults can be re-educated to become as natural as little children, before civilization stamps out their true or subconscious instincts. I am satisfied that an interior life exists in all of us. a true life which will come to the surface under proper conditions...
...exactly a breath-taking stroke of originality, this helps give The Lost Squadron a freshness of viewpoint which informs even the routine stretches of the picture. It also permits the inclusion of one character almost entirely new to the cinema: a violent, loudly clothed, arrogantly posturing Hollywood director. The behavior of this director and his name?Von Furst?suggest that
...America I find an unusual amount of sympathy for the criminal, which is because the law lagging too for behind the development of the social organization." There is so much tension between the law and individual behavior that thousands in pursuit of their natural course of life are automatically law-breakers. Law in any form, especially if it can be violated with impunity, brings out all the contrariness, of human nature. Your prohibition statutes are not nearly as effective as the Swedish measures, which I consider the best in the world, because they are based on a psychological understanding...
Professor Percy W. Bridgman, whose laboratory has been moved to the new Research Building, occupies in various respects a unique position. He is acknowledged to be the leading authority in the world on the laboratory applications of high pressure and the behavior of solid and liquid materials under such pressure. He has attained the highest pressures on record in laboratory experimentation. An extremely prolific experimental investigator, he is at the same time a profound writer on the philosophical aspects of physics...
...torque disappears, and the animal can now proceed forward in a straight line. This line or path the animal takes forms an acute angle with the base of the plane and the magnitude of this angle varies with the magnitude of the slope of the plane. The animal's behavior can be expressed in terms of a mathematical equation. It is possible to vary the conditions by increasing or decreasing the gravitational pull...