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Scientific farming may perform a great economic service to the community. Although the point of diminishing returns has doubtless been reached under the old conditions, improvements in methods and especially the large scale application of rotation of crops in regions such as the South where this has been little tried may do much to restore temporarily a stage of increasing returns; and thus cheaper food may be provided for the population. This is a larger aspect of modern agriculture which contains promise, and is another argument for the expert in agriculture...
...longer concerned with individuals alone; his action must be determined by their effect upon the whole community. And so though the more conservative element of the country was shocked by the recent action of a Chicago surgeon, who decided to allow a baby to die rather than perform an operation that would have given it a life of helpless misery, the incident but illustrates one of the big problems that physicians everywhere are being called upon to face in a new light. Their successful solution must depend upon the good judgment and ability of the medical profession. It is just...
...voting, two considerations should be kept in mind: first, what a candidate has done in his college career to merit the honor, and second, whether he is fitted to perform the duties of the position he seeks...
Each one of us has a task of patriotism to perform towards the country, but more than that, the spirit of the University, its patriotism or its indifference towards the welfare of the nation, will be determined by the number of men who are willing to render service. The reputation of Harvard, with respect to its willingness as a public servant, depends upon the amount of individual sacrifice its members are willing to make...
...usually the older generation which holds firm in well-grooved paths the car of progress; it is the younger men who supply much of the energy and who usually point out the new directions in which progress may move. With proper flexibility and sane guidance both perform a highly valuable function in civilization. But when conservatism becomes reactionary, and when radicalism becomes flighty, the car is in danger of losing its balance...