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...opinion of the world. It is in effect proof positive that the autocracy of the Tsar has only been exchanged for that of the dregs of the Russian proletariat. It appears that the Soviet are anxious to show that the quality of mercy has no place in the creed of Bolshevism. As a matter of fact liberty in all its forms is non-existent in Russia today. Even under the Tsar's despotism the average man had more personal liberty than he has now. Hereunder the effects of the Soviet Government's deafness to world-wide appeals...
...they are not wanted if they come merely to increase their earning capacity. They must be brought into sympathy with the ideal of an education which trains not for immediate power in one position, but for potential power in any. Discrimination, then, will be necessary; not of race or creed, not even of mentality; it will be discrimination on the basis of purpose...
...creed of the Russian communists, according to an interviewer of Litvinof, is as follows: "We do not believe that the church can serve two masters. We must choose between the Communist Party and the Church...
There is no more tragic phenomenon in this vale of tears than the deliberate perversion of an idea or a philosophy out of its original meaning in order to serve the base purposes of its enemies. Does a Christ preach a creed of peace on earth, good will to men, some Kaiser will pervert his words into " Gott mit Uns." Does a Nietzsche drive himself into madness transvaluing all the moral values, some nimbled-witted George Creel will reduce his works to a cheap credo for footpads. Does a serious-minded Bernard Shaw spend fifty years writing serious plays...
...printing communications it is customary for the CRIMSON to safeguard itself with a formal statement disclaiming responsibility. The sentence printed today seems so appropriate that the usual precaution is omitted. Regardless of opinion on the subject which the Liberal Club discussed, a formal declaration of its creed was pointless and ill-advised. Between the means of publicity which the club undoubtedly has at its disposal and the not unnatural tendency of the newspapers towards the sensational, it will not be surprising to see metropolitan headlines declaring that "Harvard Students Decide Against Limitation." A real decision cannot be reached at this...