Word: axioms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entirely condemn the decision of the Iroquois. There have been worse religions than the Iroquois axiom that all men have one body, one brain, one heart. Certain bold Aryan spirits, among them Rousseau, have had the temerity to hint forcibly that the white man's civilization has come far from converting the world into an earthly happy hunting ground. The Indians may go too far in their reaction, but some degree of reaction will be a blessing. Nothing is more disillusioning than to see the descendants of roving warriors, who dangled from their waists the dripping scalps of whole colonies...
...overt acts. With satisfaction, they watched grain prices, which continued upward, and the favorable quarterly report of the U. S. Steel Corporation. Good conditions in agriculture and the steel industries do not make Republican supporters, but at least such conditions do not make Republican opponents. It is an axiom of politics that the fewer dissatisfied people there are, the better it is for the party in power. That is why the Republicans were pleased...
...case has periodically been presented, Milton, Roger Williams, Thomas Paine were former instruments, and every case for toleration stated since has looked back to the "Bloody Tenent" or to "Arepagitica". The mind of philosophic insight takes intellectual freedom as an axiom...
...axiom that no education, even though labelled with curious degrees and blue ribbons, is quite complete or well-rounded without at least a superficial acquaintance with the great composers of the past; and particularly at Harvard would a lack of such an acquaintance be inexcusable where the facilities of Music 4, supplemented by a large variety of other entertainments offer a unique opportunity for developing a genuine and intelligent appreciation. These other entertainments, incidentally, are largely supported through the generosity of interested alumni...
...example, when he says that "They think that they were sent to college to make money or to get married" he assumes that college men do not realize that it is obviously, a simple matter to achieve both of these triumphs without any education at all. That is an axiom of American history. And "they swear like pirates because their vocabularies are so limited that they have no other means of expression". After all, this reflection on one's vocabulary is only a sly shot at the college author fair target but there are certainly occasions, which Dr. Fitch neglects...