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...officers; and provided, further, that in no event shall more than the portion of any building so occupied or a sum equal in value to such portion be taxed against the owner of said building under the provisions of this act; and provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall affect the exemption from taxation now enjoyed by Wellesley College...
...bill to tax college property occupied by professors' houses, which passed the Massachusetts Senate yesterday, can have no serious financial effect upon Harvard University, we should realize the importance of the measure as an entering wedge, which, if it becomes a law, is likely to be extended to affect all college property. In the face of the fact that Harvard has proportionately less to lose than perhaps any other Massachusetts college or university, we are glad that President Eliot has still been one of the strongest opposers of the bill, on the ground that the interests of all our colleges...
Professor Vinogradoff said that ancient law was essentially a rule of conduct, which addressed itself to the will and the moral sense of the individual. Legal evolution has been slowly developed from a union of law and right. In Roman times, right often existed without any laws whatever to affect it, and wrong was usually merely the violation of private or individual interest...
...money actively engaged in the building up of wealth was diminished. Today these conditions are reversed, the governmental employees receiving only fair salaries. Investments have become international and production has been stimulated, giving rise to large fortunes and greater wealth. M. d'Avenel thinks the best condition which can affect the world in the future is a still closer alliance, in financial and political lines, between the large countries of the world, than exists at present...
Wealth in France is of very recent accumulation, having quadrupled in the last 75 years. This shows that the progress of humanity does not in any way affect the equality of people. The longer people use their wits, the greater will become the successes of some and the failures of others...