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...were responsible for the peace terms from some of the unfair censure which they have received, but it brings forth at the same time a most ominous fact. Men no longer control their destinies, instead they are at the mercy of events. Social, political, and economic forces are so complex that in themselves they defy solution. Bismarck could unify and control Germany by outwitting Napoleon III, but no man today can lay out a course for himself and hope to outwit circumstance. To elaborate this point the author cites the case of Mussolini in Italy. His contention is that...
...minute question the sincerity of Drs. Coffey and Humber in believing they have something of value," the critics "do question the way they have handled their work." The New York men are certain that their San Francisco colleagues have had no training to qualify for research in "the most complex field that exists" in medicine. They do not believe that adrenal cortex extract will cure cancer or that it has value in cancer treatment, yet are willing to experiment with it on animals. They fear that the Californians will experiment on New York humans, hence want them (or at least...
...Pulitzer's Post-Dispatch, where as an assistant telegraph operator he once demanded a $3 raise in vain. But he left Pulitzer and not many years later was confronting Old Man Scripps on the latter's ranch at Miramar. Calif. Part of the Scripps plain-people complex was plain clothes. Roy Howard has always liked fancy clothes and at this first meeting with his employer, he was at his fanciest. The great man scowled down at his midget caller and in their ensuing conversation sought to squelch him thoroughly and forever. After the little fashion-plate had carried...
...miscreants must be impressed by the organs of undergraduate opinion that their actions are violently contrary to tradition and that they are viewed in genuine disgust by the undergraduate body. But this is not enough. As a vivid example to those who labor under this rioting complex, recent offenders must be meted strict punishment by the University authorities and by the courts. Finally, the punishment must be known publicly...
...rose, told the company this woman had ruined his life, then tried to kill himself with a knife. Economical Poet Alexander Pope kept copies of his love letters. Baudelaire did Pope one better: sent exact duplicates to two women at once. Pierre Loving tries to explain his hero's complex character thus: "Artifice and stoicism, these were the keys to the unassailable life of the Chesterfieldian martyr and saint...