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That he does not quite know what he is trying to say, that he does not quite understand himself, that he is over-impressed by Freudian psychology and sex symbols, that he is overfond of dwelling on the pathological and perverted, that all this belongs in the medical laboratory rather than in the ranks of literature?that is my general opinion. However, I must say that I am frequently caught by what I do feel is, occasionally, a beautifully rhythmical style, and, at his unpleasantest, some times, a singularly moving power, as in I Want to Know Why, Brothers...
Right. The question is being asked increasingly all over the land and not merely in the cloisters of the universities and at the conferences of college presidents. Even the newspapers, which President Angell says "frequently exaggerate" the importance of these games, understand full well the signifificance of the present tendencies and they have not hesitated to remind the educational leaders of the country of the problem which they must meet sometime and probably in the not very distant future. It is distinctly an event to read in the annual report of the head of one of the greatest of American...
...more equal footing. The history of the world, the outline of science, digests of the world's humor, even the recent "Outline of Everything" show more or less the same tendency--the attempt to gain much in little. Even the newspapers cater to the general desire to understand all about the universe before breakfast. And the large reaction lurking in a cocktail, though sought by only the most debased, is sought with a similar, if somewhat tarnished, end in view...
...that their past, especially during and after the War, or their eminent intellectual qualities, are such as to give us reason to believe that they can render useful service to the nation." Of Mussolinismo-a term implying disapproval of Fascism and approval of Benito-the Premier said: "I can understand such a phenomenon, but I do not accept it. Certain people use my name to fight Fascismo. I warn them not to persist, because they might find that they have done it once too often. ... I am pictured as being surrounded by barbed wire nettings. This is a fairy story...
...idea of failure must be revised. A man who has left a definite ideal implanted in the minds of thousands of his followers--mainly because they were his followers by the way, and not because they were intelligent enough to understand or to visualize it--who has created a definite goal, toward which all nations will find themselves irresistibly urged in the perhaps not distant future, cannot be said to have failed. It is true that he could not perform the impossible task of instantly overcoming the inborn inhibitions and accumulated prejudices of the Senate, or of the American people...