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...think of but one way. As the hostility of Europeons to the British policy has grown more bitter, British public opinion has grown more and more sensitive to criticism from this country. Every endeavor has been made to conciliate us and to purchase our acquiesence. The repeal of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is one example, and another is the unnecessary announcement of yesterday of the British government concerning the services which it claims to have rendered to the United States at the beginning of the Spanish...
...know when the next contest between Harvard and Yale and Oxford and Cambridge will take place, but I think the challenge or invitation should come from alternate countries and not necessarily from a defeated team. In may opinion it would be a pity to hold these sports annually, and I believe this view is supported by the athletes of the universities concerned. If the sports were held at short intervals there would be a tendency for the interest to wane, there would also be a difficulty regarding university arrangements, and it might not always be easy to meet the expenses...
While there are comparatively few men who do not wish to take a clean and decent attitude in life, there are many who choose the right, and yet think it is not necessary to draw a perfectly sharp line between good and evil. They think they may toy a little with sin without harm to themselves; indeed they often believe that every well-educated man should have some knowledge of the prurient and unclean...
...consider for a moment the amount of risk incurred. Even if not unduly great, it is nevertheless more than in any other sport, because the strain is admittedly more severe, and this too when the men engaged are physically sound, and in good condition. Think for a moment of the risk to a man who is perhaps not in the best of condition, or who has perhaps some slight physical imperfection. This should not be allowed to happen you will say, and should not be considered. It has happened, however, more than once. It is a very difficult matter...
...appropriate letters as a reward for their efforts, certainly the football substitutes should be likewise honored, as their work is a grind with little to show for it in the end, but a plain, black sweater. This matter has been discussed of late by many graduates, and therefore I think the present time the best to advocate some move in this direction...