Word: argumentive
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...those who know the history of the peace movement in this country form its earliest beginnings as an insignificiant minority, the results of last night's Forum are in the highest degree encouraging. The argument above all others which has troubled those working towards some judicial means of setting international difficulties has been that when once the people are aroused by an appeal to emotional mob spirit, war may come no matter how clearly it can be shown to be their interest and advantage to remain at peace. That in this day of world conflict, with every possibility of this...
...only are your editorials worth reading but the letters they elicit are most interesting. I was struck by two of these which contrasted Switzerland with Belgium and used the contrast as an argument for our being more prepared for war. It is entirely possible that Belgium, had she been more military, might have frightened off the German attack. But the plain fact is that all the nations that have heavy armamens, except Italy and the United States, are at war and none of the nations of minor military strength, except Servia, Montenegro, and Belgium...
...sacrifice his life for his country in time of war, it is equally his duty and the part of wisdom to prepare himself in time of peace that his sacrifice may give the maximum of production with the least actual loss. Lying back of this argument is the further assumption--less prominent now since the outbreak of war in the armed camps of Europe--that "adequate armament" is itself the best guarantee of peace. The Summer Training Camps offer, it is held, an opportunity for college men to do their part in securing this so-called "insurance...
...Thurston '17 opened the argument for the side against beer with the assertion that prohibition was not the issue, but whether the serving of beer at class functions should be officially recognized...
Weather is the ideal conversational bromide because there are no two ways about it. A condition of rain, or snow, frigidity, or humidity, leaves no room for argument. While beer at smokers may or may not be a curse, there can be no doubt about the status of a Cambridge winter. Secure behind unanimity of opinion, we feel safe, therefore, in advancing a few editorial remarks on the weather...