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...policeman needs arms; but how much? Do our policemen go about, armed to the teeth, wearing steel helmets and bullet-proof waistcoats? They are sufficiently armed as they are because they are superior to the rest of us whom they control. All armament is purely relative, and we have no way of knowing yet how high the standard of armament will be set in the future. Each European country exhausted by the war, will be glad enough to reduce the scale,--providing only it can be sure al others will agree to do so. Organization against aggression will tremendously reduce...
...members of the regiment and the 2,200 men that took part in summer drills are sufficient proof that Harvard's stand on the question of preparedness is more than a mere hasty expression of opinion. It is an opinion which Harvard stands ready to translate, has indeed already translated, into actual deeds. Her acts no less than her words have proved that she is more than willing to bear her full share of even the most comprehensive plan for national defence...
...military preparations will be undeniable, and unfortunately historical. Fact is none too reassuring in our case. Our expansion southward in Porto Rico. Panama, San Domingo, Danish West Indass, Hayti, Nicaragua,--not to mention the Philippines,--has been steady and sure. We point with pride to Cuba as a proof of our altruistic motives, but it is hard to persuade a foreigner that the incident is closed even...
...action of the Corporation had no allusion to Mrs. Skeffington. Her address suffered, if it suffered at all, from a ruling which would apply equally to an Anglophile as to an Anglophobe address. Mrs. Skeffington's reception was proof enough of the rigid impartiality of Harvard's intellectual interests...
...Anything in the memoir which shall furnish proof of the identity of the author shall be considered as debarring the essay from the competition...