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...Germany, Professor Forster, of Munich, has denounced the war and militarism. Of course, he was bitterly attacked, but he retains his professorship. In England, Professor Bertrand Russell, of Cambridge, opposed conscription. He was dismissed from the university and is practically interned in London...
...cause of their own countries. German scholarship is found to be pedantic; French scholarship to be superficial. Most intellectual lights, like Sir Gilbert Murray and Gabriele d'Annunzio, have found their refuge in acquiescent, even enthusiastic patriotism. Some like Romain Rolland preach tolerance in a foreign country. Bertrand Russell and Maximilian Harden who insist on academic freedom reap only dishonor among their own people...
...such articles ought to be of interest to members of the University. The CRIMSON never professes that the sentiments of these comments necessarily express the beliefs or opinions of the undergraduate body. Therefore the writer of today's communication unfortunately has misunderstood the object of the comment on Mr. Bertrand Russell. The sentiment expressed by the Transcript was interesting, but the CRIMSON by no means printed it as that held by the undergraduate body...
...article on Professor Bertrand Russell which you copied from the Transcript yesterday on your editorial page shows a lack of appreciation of his standpoint and principles which that paper might be expected to show, but which will not be permitted to stand as the opinion of the Harvard undergraduate body. For our nation--if any--should be capable of understanding Professor Russell's internationalism: it is we who are rightfully more and more assuming the attitude of champions of human rights as opposed to those of any one nation. Let us get rid of the old idea, which...
...free to come and go. We notice a certain diminution of his controversial output, and it is to be presumed that, in the exercise of the canny quality which he has shown on other occasions, Mr. Shaw has repressed himself in the interest of his personal safety. Mr. Bertrand Russell is not so canny as Mr. Bernard Shaw, but in the interest of the student body of Harvard, which would assuredly be benefited by listening to him, it is to be regretted that he is not. Boston Transcript...