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...pedantic; French scholarship to be superficial. Most intellectual lights, like Sir Gilbert Murray and Gabriele d'Annunzio, have found their refuge in acquiescent, even enthusiastic patriotism. Some like Romain Rolland preach tolerance in a foreign country. Bertrand Russell and Maximilian Harden who insist on academic freedom reap only dishonor among their own people...
...Harvard's part in the Civil War," said Captain Cordier, "is enough to inspire any man, for of the enormous number of officers and privates which were furnished, only one received a dishonor- able discharge. With conditions such as they are today, you must do your part, and the only way in which you can do that part well is to be thoroughly prepared and to know what you are about...
...sympathy would be less embracing were the cause of the punishment of a different nature. It was not a case of dishonor or immorality or viciousness, but one of woeful thoughtlessness and lack of recognition of the rules, which in the eyes of the Board is punishable in the same degree as more serious offences. The discipline meted out seems heavy. No serious moral flaw can be found in the act and the Board has not made its decision on the grounds of dishonesty in any connection, but it has dealt with the case sternly and without regard...
...except, as it seems, the managers themselves, it was apparent that the suggestion was made with the best of intentions. However, if any one in addition to the '97 manager feels called upon to file an affidavit, the CRIMSON will be glad to clear his fair name of all dishonor...
...fortify them we must assume a vast, expensive and unncessary armament; to leave them defenceless we will invite national dishonor and disgrace. As Carl Schurz has said, "our defensive position is today unassailable, and Hawaii would be our Achilles' heel...