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...others interested in the questions. His thought was that today more than ever, international politics are of great concern to us in the United States; and that with the immense position we now hold in the world with its opportunities, responsibilities, and perhaps, dangers, it is of utmost importance to build up in this country an intelligent understanding of world politics...
...with other principles not less true and not less limited. A doctor, for example, is sent for by a patient whose life may depend on how soon medical attendance arrives. The doctor's obvious duty is to go as quickly as possible. He goes in his auto at the utmost speed, and in doing so runs over and kills a child. Clearly we must revise the statement of the doctor's duty. He must go as quickly as is consistent with due care not to run over someone else...
...akin to yours comes to every man who, within the limits of his opportunities, has developed his capacities to the utmost, and today all recognize that the craftsman may be as big a success in his line as any in the professions...
...strongest teams it has had for a number of years; our own team has shown great improvement, and has earned an A1 rating. The two teams are evenly matched, and that team which fights hardest will win. Bill Bingham, Eddie Farrell, and Captain O'Connell have been doing their utmost to develop a fighting spirit in the Harvard team. Those graduates who have been following the progress of the team closely, believe that they have succeeded in doing...
...being in the public eye. Unfortunately, the cure is not so simple as the diagnosis. Only the wide-spread recognition of the injurious effects of too much "publicity" will result in proper repressive measures. Consequently it behooves each one of us to curb his public "I" to the utmost in the interests of general sanity...