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...time was coming, if it were not already at hand, for Benito Mussolini to nudge his titular partner's elbow with proffered aid (see p. 31). If the war continued at its last week's pace and direction, he might have to bestir himself in order to give his partnership any appearance of usefulness or sincerity...
Still far from the Allies' elbow was the one source of strength to which they could turn: the U. S. Even if they turned, and were answered as last time, this time it might be too late...
...would scores of toastmasters, coaches, and Harvard Presidents have said without the magic words: "Harvard may be indifferent about some things, but not about this!"? Without Harvard indifference to break down, what would the Associated Harvard Clubs meeting in New York this weekend do? All that energy, all that elbow-bending, all that glad-handing, would go for nothing. Without indifference, the meeting would be just like any other school-boy get-together...
...striped silk, front or back buttons. Perhaps a nervous giggle, an appraising glance over the rim of his highball glass, and it would all be over. Conversation would again flow unchecked. It is a beautiful equilibrium of forces, but, lacking indifference, it would almost certainly topple. Before the elbow had bent many more times, the danger point would come, the hand reach forth, and--. The lesson is clear enough: our indifference is a priceless asset. It leaves us something to work on, something to challenge us. The Associated Harvard Clubs meeting is answering the challenge without, as the rules...
...doctors from all over the eastern U. S. stared fixedly at a glass jar suspended above a patient's bed. The patient had syphilis. From the bottom of the jar, a yellowish fluid trickled through a flexible glass tube into a needle inserted in the vein between his elbow and wrist. Proudly the patient grinned at his distinguished guests, flexed his arm. Snapped his nurse: "Don't show off." The apparatus was an ordinary "Murphy drip," long used for glucose feedings...