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Dates: during 1920-1929
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NATURE--Is one of those words in which the eloquence of lovers shines with success. Nothing is more persuasively employed than the appeals made to it, against the rigid prescriptions of duty. Thus, when a lover makes use of this trite argument: "Either nature is imperfect in itself, by giving us inclinations that the laws condemn, or the laws are justly accusable or too great severity, in condemning inclinations given us by nature", this profound sophistry means: "Since you have scruples, my game is to remove them. Reasin may give itself what airs it pleases; but if you love...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 11/12/1925 | See Source »

...presence of fruit stores, not to mention solicitors for charitable causes and free sample dispensers, has kept Harvard Square as busy during the daytime as any reasonable student could wish. What to do with nights, however, and that boresome time later in the afternoon when it is either too cold to row, or too hot to play squash, has been rather a problem. The new moving-picture palace, as is clearly shown by the out of the prospective interior which appears on another page of the CRIMSON, seems especially created to bring new concepts of beauty into the prosaic life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTER--THE CINEMA | 11/11/1925 | See Source »

...very long ago a man who had never attended any college was asked to become a member of the Corporation, but declined. If it is proper and wise to choose for the Faculty and the governing boards persons who do not have a Harvard degree, what is the justification, either in theory or in practice, for insisting that an athletic coach must be a Harvard graduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNYPACKER ASSERTS GRADUATE ATHLETIC COACHES ARE PREFERABLE, NOT NECESSARY | 11/10/1925 | See Source »

...generously any reasonable plan with a view to realizing China's aspirations"; Eki Hioki (Japan): "China can expect to reach her goal only by successive stages. . . .The granting of tariff autonomy presupposes a strong, unified Chinese Government"; Sir Ronald Macleay: "Great Britain is prepared to discuss tariff autonomy either at this conference or at a later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Customs Proposals | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

...Here is a convenient coupon for either single or club subscriptions. Please use it and help us spread the gospel of truth in Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Gospel of Truth | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

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