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...this will not do. Let us not be afraid of names. If we are to be militaristic let us try the case on its merits and not befog the issue. If universal military training has anywhere proved a guarantee of peace and prosperity, let us know it. If militarism has an odium, let us know that too, and guide ourselves accordingly. J. W. MILLER...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Protection Without Militarism. | 11/6/1919 | See Source »

...time that college men quit the use of terms which are coined for a popular purpose, and which only befog any possible intelligent consideration of issues. Let us discuss industrial representation in government instead of "soviet" government and cease this business of giving a dog a bad name and hanging him for it. As they used to ask, "Do you believe in man's divine nature or his descent from monkeys?" So now they ask, "Do you believe in American or Soviet government?" It should be the distinction of college men above non-college men, as trained thinkers, that they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Evils of Catch-Words. | 10/22/1919 | See Source »

...Carter's "The Dice Decide" strives for a tough atmosphere and gets just enough to befog an undersized plot...

Author: By R. E. Connell ., | Title: English 22 Book Deserves Success | 5/14/1915 | See Source »

...dormitory situation must be met manfully. But let us first come to a very candid understanding as to what the "dormitory situation" is; and as we have all spent some time at Cambridge and have a common foundation of data obtained from experience and personal contact, let us not befog the discussion with too much preliminary analysis of classes, clubs and athletics and other elements that are interwoven in the sum total of elements which go to make Harvard's world; and let us not introduce into this discussion any hasty argument on the qualifications which of course exist upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 6/20/1905 | See Source »

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