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...general frame of mind appears to remain constant, but he finds himself defending and rejecting very different things. The great issue may, according to the period, be a primitive taboo, the utterances of the Delphic oracle, the Athanasian creed, the Inquisition, the Geocentric theory, monarchy by the grace of God, witchcraft, slavery, war, capitalism, private property, or noble isolation. All of these tend to appear to the conservative under the aspect of eternity, but all of these things have come, many of them have gone, and the remainder would seem to be subject to undreamed-of modifications as time goes...
...depends on his character; the university is helpless against his will. He can partake of, the various college activities, including courses, and by coordinating them, develop himself into an intellectual unity with true depth of character. Or he can sit back and worship "the American god of mediocrity" without thinking or acting for himself or by himself. The most unfortunate part is that when he graduates after four years of the second sort, and he is almost sure to, he will be a "typical college...
Signor Mussolini may well ask God for help in a most arduous task. He must prove his words the prediction of a new era of statesmanship, not the evanescent promises of a power-intoxicated demagogue. Meanwhile there is no question who is in control. The 300,000 Black Shirts, it is interesting to note, are not inside the walls of the city. More remarkable is the Premier's statement that the government will show its strength against anyone, even against the Fascisti, if they break the laws of the country." Of his party and himself Signor Mussolini appears to have...
...regards to the merits of the contest which you get scheduled why I don't know nothing about the merits only I bet my discarded whiskers that the coaches of both teams kneels down every P. M. and sometimes in the morning and thanks god that you ain't got no game to play with Washington and Jefferson or Lafayette, 3 great generals...
...letter with a foreign stamp in the corner, addressed: "Monsieur J--R--, Belgian student, Harvard University, naer Boston." Somewhere in Belgique a country mam'selle, after struggling heroically to recall that strange address, "Cam----Camb" had given up the attempt, and, putting her faith in the God of Chance and the United States Post Office, had written what she could remember, "naer Boston...