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...imperialism and no toe, no matter to whom it belonged, escaped his heel if its owner got in the way of his policy. Few men were a match for him in withering invective; none surpassed him. He was a statesman of the old Victorian school, which had much to commend it but which is now something of an anachronism...
Thus, with one prize, does a great scientific society commend the progress of science toward the infinitely great, towards the infinitely small...
...many of the charges which Mr. Blanchard makes will appear eminently justified. In so far as his efforts are motivated by a genuine desire to keep the ideals of the University above those of a, commercialized America they will react with approval only. But the student body can not commend his procedure. He is fighting an evil--vague, intangible, conjectural--with a far greater evil--concrete, threatening, and ever sinister...
...President Coolidge wrote to commend William Ritter, founder of a large lumber business in Columbus, who gave some $2,000,000 of stock in his company to 124 employes as a Christmas gift. Wrote Mr. Coolidge: "Such acts of generosity cannot help but lead to better cooperation and understanding between the employers and employes, and you are to be commended for the fine example you have shown...
...want to become scholars." The emphasis on painstaking research in German universities is perhaps as great as the emphasis on "activities" in American universities. Inasmuch as scholarship would seem to be the aim and end of university Instruction it is surprising therefore, that Professor Koffka finds as much to commend in American institutions as he does...