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...University has many traditions, ranging from such variegated objects as Phillips Brooks House to those very well-known citizens who pay the highest cash prices for old clothes. They--our traditions--are deserving of our deepest veneration, and quadruple precious because of the mantel of age which surrounds them. Who is not stirred when looking on the gymnasium, busier in the year of the great war? Or when gazing at Boylston, which some affirm was standing when the late L. Ericsen pushed his dragon-prowed ships against the banks of the poetic Charles...
There is no doubt that if Porto Rico could view the status of Cuba, the bond between this precious Antille and this colossus would be one of the deepest affection. Although these wishes are not realized, gentlemen, let me assure you and the American people of our loyalty to the United States. The original charter of Porto Rico was granted by Spain because our loyalty had been tested, and it remained unbroken through the many vicissitudes that she had to suffer. We have seen our coasts bombarded and invaded by all her powerful past enemies, England, Holland, France...
Moreover, according to the statement of the Fund Committee, "the competition of other colleges must be met. Of all its equipment, Harvard's teaching force is the most precious. The position of the College today is due not so much to its age, traditions and able administration as to its noble line of teachers. The reputation for the highest grade of instruction must be retained at all costs. Even with plenty of money this will be no easy task, as the recent losses in the Philosophy Department indicate; but at the present time even funds are lacking. The Endowment Fund...
...organized human intelligence will eventually be able to avert the calamity of war. And I am also of the conviction that, from the point of view of the Western Allies, this war is actually being waged against war. But it must be apparent to all thoughtful people that the precious inheritance of Anglo-Saxon democracy is now at stake; that America must be prepared to fight for it, as she has fought for it before. I believe that universal service is the fairest and most democratic method of preparedness, both military and industrial; and that a plan of universal service...
...issue. Will war defend American lives on the seas or destroy them? Are there no alternatives which will more effectively defend American lives on the seas and with less damage to the lives and institutions on land? Suppose there are not. Then are lives on the seas more precious than the lives and activities on land, which would be burned up by war? Against sea rights we must set the rights of those who stay at home to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." We must remember that much of our progress toward more freedom of opportunity and more...