Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...chief omission of emphasis in the interesting comment which you published on my previous suggestion is on my urging of the political or social attitude. Profiteering, private gain, crushing weaker nations--in those vocations there is no outlook of social justice, or of righteous acquiescence in the other fellow's striving for the same standards that we seek for ourselves. Instead of impotently denying the materialistic strain in the individual's life and thus breeding hypocrisy or scoffing, let us recognize the economic basis and utilize this recognition for such a broadening as will give the whole people a square...
...obnoxious publicity which has been given in some of the daily papers to an article that appeared on page 21 of "The Harvard Illustrated" for March 7th makes necessary some further comment than the corrections which have appeared elsewhere...
...importance of chemistry in war is so obvious to anyone who reads the newspapers that comment is unnecessary. But it must be remembered that chemistry is of even more value in peace than it is in war. America is gradually awakening to the consciousness that, because everything is composed of 'chemicals' and depends for its properties upon its chemical nature, chemistry enters more or less into everything. People are beginning to realize that manufactures must be fostered, and also that chemical knowledge must be applied in many other industries not primarily of a chemical nature...
...training camps which the Federal authorities themselves created. If may be too much to expect that the college students attending will be granted commissions on a satisfactory completion of the course, but it ought to be possible to devise some means of letting the men know that their comment of hard work has not been entirely to vain or officially unappreciated. Boston Transcript...
...Roosevelt '04, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Roosevelt's talk will include a description of the organization of the Navy Department and an explanation of the part played by navies in modern warfare. He will also comment upon the different kinds of naval craft and show the particular field covered by each...