Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Thousands of us who did not know Norman Prince personally have watched his career with great interest and have been thrilled by his courage and skill; and now that he has given his life to the cause of liberating France from oppression, we cannot feel that his name should not be commemorated in some enduring manner to serve as an example to the youth of the future...
...issue is pleasant to read and as it does not aim to convince anyone of anything, it cannot be blamed for not doing so. Personally, we regret the absence of any serious essay...
...make wealth instead of happiness the goal of a child's studies. A man of fifty surely is not a better surveyor or a better electrician for having attended a trade school at sixteen. He has simply started earlier, at the sacrifice of certain kinds of learning which cannot be acquired later. And if one fellow gets his start, others must compete with him in the same way. Thus the old condition will re-assent itself until someone takes an earlier start--still, so on, ad infinitum. But provided that the more rigorous features of these programs are omitted, such...
...much as any other nation in the world, needs an adequate army and navy. To the believer in preparedness, this book will bring a newer and saner plea for defense than any he has yet heard; to the pacifist who is still open to reason, it cannot but bring certain doubts as to the realization of the dream of national disarmament. Certainly it will make him feel that the time is not yet ripe for such a step by the richest nation in the world...
...There are seven maxims which might well be followed. First, look well to your own self. Dress according to your station. Second, know the thing that you are doing, and know that you know it. Third, do not burn the midnight oil. He is a blockhead who cannot do all his work in the day time. It is merely a matter of concentration, pure and simple...