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...ever said anything. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue virtually without contradiction. Of course, some people are naturally conservative; they prefer to avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb, when they dont even know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality may be junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beating the System | 1/22/1962 | See Source »

...their colleagues. Perhaps they have been too busy worrying about their research, their students, Cubs or bomb shelters to take an active part in an academic freedom controversy. Or perhaps, having observed the indifference with which Black Muslim, Communist, and National Review speakers have been received at Harvard, they dont think the issue is worth the trouble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Academic Freedom: Again | 11/21/1961 | See Source »

Thus far, however, the Crimson has gone nowhere. The time trials have been discouraging, and the constant shifting of oarsmen, though stimulating competition in practices, has hindered the development of any real cohesion. The oarsmen dont' get a chance to develop the balance, timing, and power which results from steady practicing together. Love wishes that some group would "come along and take charge...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Inexperienced Heavyweight Crew Plagued With Line-Up 'Problems | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

literature is not so non-beat as you seem to think or the test is time & i dont mean your publication-which is only another type of literature, feel free to print howl, moan or anything else. listen beat does not always mean unwashed or workless-i have 2 exhibitions here within the next fortnight-one at "city lights." gregory corso [is] first angel poet of america. stop laughing at artists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 28, 1959 | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...sidewalk on Moody Street. Pawtucketville, Lowell, Mass., with a pencil and paper in my hand saying to myself 'Describe the wrinkly tar of this sidewalk, also the iron pickets of Textile Institute, or the doorway where Lousy and you and G.J.'s always sittin and dont stop to think of words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work.' " Despite its irritating quality, the formless formula works well enough in evoking the often simultaneous boyhood moods of scorn, fear, sentimentality, barefootedness and gleeful obscenity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Grooking in Lowell | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

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