Word: insights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...back this moment to your minds, let it be able to say to you: That was a great moment. It was the beginning of a new era. . . . This world in its crisis called for volunteers, for men of faith in life, of patience in service, of charity and of insight. I responded to the call however I could. I volunteered to give myself to my Master-the cause of humane and brave living. I studied. I loved. I labored, unsparingly and hopefully, to be worthy of my generation...
Perhaps the main value of the book is its presentation of facts and figures which bear upon the political thought and activity of colleges in the various sections of the country. This material is well presented and affords an interesting insight into the methods by which officials and students maintain the balance of "normal orthodoxy" on the campus. To this column the revolt on the campus hardly deserves the name, at least at present, unless an enforced but gradual awakening to realistic issues can be called a revolt...
Manuscripts such as may be seen are interesting not purely from an historical and literary viewpoint, but rather more from the viewpoint of the intrinsic value of the man derived from them. His letters and manuscripts give a new insight into the nature of the writer. A memorandum found among his papers after his death has rather pathetic reference to his ill health and the discouraging effect which it had on him. "I am glad," he writes, "to say that I do now recognize that I shall never be a great man," and in another place he indicates that...
...hopeful look on its face these days as Cambridge and the rest of the country stand on the verge of a great increase of business activity. Freshmen who try out for that board will have an opportunity to write copy, meet business men on business terms, and gain an insight to the firms seeking Harvard customers...
...half courses covering the history of science require considerable technical knowledge to be enjoyed; and cannot attract the student whose primary concern is to gain an insight into the scientific method. Such a course necessitates a lecturer whose approach would be virtually that of the layman, and who would realize that his sole purpose would be to stimulate interest in a field that has unfortunately come to be associated too much with pure technique...