Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...digression, Wild assailed the argument of Friedrich Nietzche concerning the "slave morality" of Christians. Saying that there was nothing passive about the Christian religion, Wild added, "to prepare one's own Cross is the most virile form of activity...
This speech won Alf Landon little credit for originality or perspicacity. First reply to it-like the first reply to Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat the week before -came from Columnist Hugh Johnson on his conveniently-timed Bromo Quinine program. Not satisfied with disparaging Alf Landon's argument, he mocked Alf Landon's pronunciation by repeating a Landon slip: "attackted." In Manhattan next day, Herbert Hoover said tersely "It was a good speech" but failed to send Alf Landon congratulations...
...argument that the national organization dictates the policy of its chapters, it was pointed out that the constitution of the National Union provides that a chapter has complete autonomy as far as planning its local program is concerned. Truly yours, Louis Sutro...
...argument is also advanced that the presence of undergraduates in the stacks hinders the movements of instructors and graduate students. It does not seem unreasonable that Harvard College undergraduates should take preference over other groups in the use of the Harvard College Library. The graduate schools have libraries of their own and the instructor's status as a student, while commendable, is always secondary to his primary function as teacher...
Implicit in the official argument is the librarian's conviction that when the public handles the books they are mislaid and inefficiency results. This hostile attitude toward the student who has not mastered the intricacies of the Dewey system is carried to unreasonable extremes. The librarian's passion for order has helped make Widener an uncongenial colossus devoid of all human warmth...