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...discharge of Dr. Smith was a blot on the Commonwealth, the political machinations with which it was accomplished were a disgrace which should have shown the citizens of Massachusetts clearly enough just what they were getting when they "returned capability to the State House." The reappointment of Dr. Smith by the pontifical Governor Curley and his subsequent rejection on the part of the Council, which, we are supposed to believe, was acting completely on its own initiative, were acts of political duplicity to which even Bay States are not accustomed...
...Francis, and Victor did not realize the extent of Foster's injury and acted as many other people would have acted, it is entirely possible that they violated College rules and it is clear that in no case do they deserve the position of martyrs. The Administrative Board must blot the assault and the disagreeable surrounding circumstances from its mind. Action must be determined solely by their share in an ordinary fight...
...Oath Bill. He will also receive student and faculty support in an intelligent fight for its repeal. There are three ways in which this may be done. First, should further investigation prove that the oath is not mandatory as it appears at present it will be an ineffective blot in legal files. Secondly, should it be of questionable constitutionality, a test case will wipe it off the statute books. Thirdly, should it only be a poor piece of legislation, the most probable eventuality, Mr. Mather has all the qualities which would arouse public opinion to influence the State Legislature...
...liberal-philosophizing theories sharply modified by the experience of ruling Russia. When Philosopher Diderot reproached her for her change of heart, she replied: "You philosophers are fortunate people. You write on patient paper-I, poor empress, am forced to write upon the ticklish skin of human beings." Darkest blot on her scutcheon was the murder of Ivan, the real heir to the throne, who had been kept in prison since his birth, at 24 (when Catherine went to visit him) had never seen a woman. Of Catherine's complicity in his murder, says Biographer Kaus, there is no scrap...
...this respect they do things much better in the United States," said Lord Snell. "Over there last year an American judge expressed to me his admiration for our courts in England, and I was thankful he did not know of the blot* on our system which we have been discussing this afternoon...