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...Whenever a nation or an individual reaches the point where, as a result of war or shipwreck or otherwise, immediate destruction is inevitable, assent to the idea expressed is natural and well-nigh universal. There are multitudes of people who believe that the fundamental and controlling doctrine of the nation's laws should be in accordance with the principles of the Holy Bible, and that every lawmaker and administrator should be compelled to endorse and practice its undeniable principle...
...situation by their unwarranted assumption that it (adherence to the World Court) is a move toward League membership. Let them disabuse their minds. . . . The situation is likewise beclouded by those who shudder when the League is mentioned and who assume entanglement is unavoidable. Any entanglement would first require assent of the Senate, which is scarcely to be apprehended, and if by any chance the Senate approved of any entanglement, the present Administration would not complete ratification...
...officers of the Class of 1923, in urging that the historic picnic be abandoned, are taking a step to which most of their classmates will quickly assent. The practice of the picnic in recent years has shown lessening of interest by the class as a whole, and an increased emphasis on its objectionable features. The custom is one which would die a natural death if no unfortunate occurrence interrupted it to bring a sudden end. The convenient riddance which the present Seniors propose will be a relief to succeeding classes and no great loss...
...steps by which China proposes to regain her financial autonomy are as follows--first an increase in customs duties from a theoretical five per cent ad valorem to an actual twelve-and-a-half. Only a day or so ago the Japanese refused to assent to a compromise rate offered by Canada at seven-and-a-half per cent. Last year she succeeded in blocking a proposal to revise the tariff schedule to bring about an effective five per cent, guaranteed to China by treaty (whatever that may signify...
Harvard College was founded by Puritans, the Harvard Divinity School as a department of the University was endowed by Unitarians, but the Divinity School today is no more a Unitarian than the College is a Puritan institution. The constitution of the School explicitly provides that "no assent to the peculiarities of any denomination of Christians shall be required either of the instructors or students." The Faculty comprises teachers from many communions; the students come from different denominations in which, after graduation, they render acceptable service as ministers. No teacher in the School ever thinks of harmonizing his instruction with that...