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...power on earth could erect the standard of infallibility in political opinion; there is no being that would resort to it with more eagerness than myself, . . . . But as I have found no better guide hitherto, than upright intentions and close investigation, I shall adhere to those maxims...
...Faculty leaders of each group would be there to modify our extreme views by the common sense of experience and to lead our minds into new channels of thought. Thus the student would grasp new ideas, launch them enthusiastically, have them tempered and brought down to earth by opposition, and evolve practical opinions which make for construction...
...citizen, man and man, employer and those whom they employ." Turning to the results of the Peace Conference President Eliot said, "The best outcome will be an enduring compact between the British people and the American people to keep the peace and promote the good relations of the earth." President Eliot expressed a belief that if the "force of law," were backed by "an overwhelming force of army and navy" it would prevail...
...occurs to us that we might appreciate it more than we do. We might see in it more of an opportunity,--a chance for every man in the University to give and receive ideas on every subject on earth. This is a highly important part of college education, Undoubtedly such a chance was borne in mind by the founders of the Advocate, for those were the days when men got together and exchanged ideas, founded clubs, and ran papers. It is fortunate that some of the organizations founded then still survive else how should we have any at all? However...
Farewell, mighty hunter! You were the swiftest, cleanest and most valorous of your tribe. You pressed the hunt fearlessly and to its logical ends, not infantasy through the clouds, but in fact on this earth, where the consequences are. Innumerable and precious are the trophies. We place them at your feet. Would that there were demons of darkness and unrighteousness in the path you are now on. For you would slay them all and like it more...