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...moment approaches when he has been looking forward to an early relief from his most strenuous cares, the department has to depend upon him more than ever. He is once more chairman. For one reason or another most of the rest of us are idle or absent. I want to express my earnest gratitude that he is still at the helm of our philosophical ship. May he be our guide on many another birthday. It makes me well to feel his guidance now. JOSIAH ROYCE...
After the elections Mr. Cushing addressed the meeting, answering the question why one should be in favor of Taft. The issue is not whether one is for or against the people, for it is safe to or assume that everyone wants the common welfare, but, by what means can the people best be served? The real question at issue is: "Do we want to go about important changes slowly and carefully, looking toward the consequences; or do we want to rush hastily into any new legislation, in the hope that it may prove a panacea...
...meaning of Socialism and the strike at Lawrence. Neither does it wish to get mixed up in the controversy now. At the same time, whatever Socialism may mean, and who-ever may be right, we are at least interested in this tract of the Socialist Club, not because we want to see more socialists, nor because it is a remarkable or flawless bit of argument. We have always held that Harvard men should interest themselves in current problems, and Harvard men certainly know nothing about Socialism as a rule. Our most important reason for considering it, however, is that...
...creation of some new principle, and this has not yet been done. The parties differ as to the application of the present principles. When a man says, "He may mean well but I don't like the way he goes at it," that man means that he does not want a man who gets results. The Progressive Movement in New Hampshire has so far been confined to state issues, but there is an indication that it will be extended to National issues...
Agitation is said to be a sign of great growth; and it was aptly put by one of our great leaders, that "agitation is the safeguard of democracy." A great material nation is what we want. We do not want the Puritan ahead of the Yankee, or vice-versa; what we do want is the Puritan and the Yankee on equal terms. It is the imperfect political organization of a country that holds men down to hard work with meagre pay. The more that men realize this and help to improve it, the better the conditions of the various countries...