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...headquarters would be bombed and he would find himself six feet under the earth. He ignored it, no terrestial upheaval smote him. Who is this "Communist" Weisbord who has become "the hero of 16,000 inarticulate but devoted followers, and the devil of most of the respectable element?" He is only 26; frail, nervous, bespectacled, a well-above-the-average college Jew and radical intellectual. In Manhattan and Brooklyn he had once plied the trades of newsboy, grocery clerk, clothing factory worker, soda jerker. C. C. N. Y. taught him letters, gave him a Phi Beta Kappa key; Harvard schooled...
...eighth most frequent element in the world, being preceded quantitatively by oxygen 49.78%, silicon 26.08%, aluminium 7.34%, iron 4.11%, calcium 3.19%, magnesium 2.24%, sodium 2.33%, then potassium 2.28%. All other elements are less than...
Reaction, concomitant with post-war existence, has forced the leaders of contemporary thought further from sanity than they would readily admit. In refusing to bend toward any cognizance of that element in human nature upon which war thrives, these intellectuals lean backwards until personal equilibrium is the result merely of their crowded position...
Nations have a peculiarly touchy psychology, a disposition to snap at slender affronts to dignity. With truculence, commonly considered a component of prestige, diplomats indulge in politely phrased wars of words. Were it not for the glint of steel in each polished sentence, these verbal disputes would have an element of petulant humor...
...educational system is the target for reformers of all kinds. We try desperately with tests, informational and psychological, to reduce the human element, much after the manner of railroad transportation. One result is that we tend to emphasize the knowledge that can be tested conveniently. It is far easier to see if the child knows the words and dates of so many authors, than it is to find out whether he has absorbed the bases of a real literary appreciation and taste. This is true to a greater extent even in music, as Dr. Davison shows in this book...