Word: untruth
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Dates: during 1917-1917
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...members of the faculty or of speakers from the outside is based upon a misconception of the attitude of the students toward those who address them from the lecture platform. That attitude is almost invariably one of respect, mingled with doubt. No audience is quicker to perceive the untruth, the fallacy, or, on the other hand, the worth of an argument. Weight of academic authority counts for little to the university student who is accustomed to listen daily to men famous over the civilized world. The trustees of Columbia, as of other colleges, fail to realize the spirit of criticism...