Word: contradiction
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...liberality of Dr. Ingram's viewpoint on theological questions was evident at Toronto a few weeks ago, when he said: "God bless all these scientific men. There is no contradiction between science and religion. You can not discover too much, because no truth can contradict another truth...
...This statement seems to contradict the Congresswoman's first statement. Scholars declare, although not unanimously, that Moses flourished in the wilderness about...
After calling a few more witnesses the defense rested its case, and the prosecution began to call witnesses from a group of about 100 whom it had ordered to be ready to appear. The purpose of calling these witnesses was to contradict the testimony of the defense witnesses. Congressman Reid, counsel for Colonel Mitchell, attacked their testimony in crossexamination. He questioned one witness, trying to show lack of unity of command in the war games at Hawaii last summer. The witness, Major J. J. Bain, drew a distinction between "unity of command" and "unity of direction," and Mr. Reid insisted...
...general, I think Dr. Brinton exaggerates the dangers of distribution and concentration at Oxford. The general essays he describes as existing at one of the best colleges (for which adjective I thank him) are not meant to contradict the general principle of relating all studies to one main field, such as history or philosophy. We assume, perhaps rashly, that men who seek honors do not spend all their working hours on studies that are prostituted to the requirements of their final examinations, and that they find relief in other aspects of thought, art, or literature. We then more rashly assume...
...CRIMSON has never restricted its editorial opinion to the limits of faculty advice. Neither has it tried to contradict the college authorities needlessly, but has sought to form and stimulate undergraduate feeling. It is always possible to have agreement without vassalage, and criticism without antagonism...