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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...human species the male is more logical than the female. He is also more zoological. Beyond that the contrast ceases, for both are descended from the ape, both think they could write a great book if they only had the time, and both think they could act if they only had the opportunity. The following are typical extracts from any prominent producer's correspondence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

Others speakers at the Boston meeting will be Thomas H. Eliot '28, wage and hours act administrator for New England; Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology; Ralph B. Perry, professor of Philosophy; E. J. Simmons, assistant professor of English, who will represent the Cambridge Union of University Teachers; and C. Fayette Taylor, of Technology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mass Meeting on Intellectual Liberty, Democracy Slated for Lincoln's Day | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...fighting the battle for democracy.....If they haven't given up, if they continue to fight..., if they are prepared to continue under these conditions, can it be right for us to abandon them? But as things are moving now, it will be too late if we do not act now and promptly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...more constructive line? The "Crimson" suggested none. What constructive action, short of enlisting, can Harvard students take to help the cause they believe to be right? The answer is plain: they can only urge their government to act for them-by lifting the embargo. Allan B. Ecker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Editor's note: The Crimson suggested that a more constructive line would be agitation for general alteration of the Neutrality Act, since Washington circles are already thinking in terms of a Franco victory; and since preparation for the future is more important than trying to remedy what is past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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