Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very commonly stated,' they said, that the Chinese have no patriotism and are quite indifferent as to the fate of one of their own provinces, even the sacred province of Shantung. For in Shantung, the Holy Land of China, are the birthplaces of Confucius and Menshious, the two greatest men in many respects China has ever produced...
...Lastly, such an international union is necessary in order to safeguard the political integrity of China from even a suspicion of intrigue on the part of any foreign power, such as would be sure to arise if the former methods of financing China were followed in the immediate future. If a consortium of this nature can provide the funds and appoint a commission on which there shall be representatives of China as well as of the great powers which lend the money, China may reasonably expect thereby very great assistance in her momentous problem of securing international peace...
...Although the apparent tacit approval of the University may be explained by inadvertence or lack of information concerning the insidiously subtle propaganda of the speaker involved, (who outdoes Mr. H. G. Wells in his own "rayon" in picturing the delights and perfection of Soviet Russia to which even such eminent, advocates of the cause as Miss Emma Goldman seem loath to return) we feel that it would be salutory to have those persons, who are apparently the instigators of this movement which is attempting to insinuate itself into the University life, openly to declare themselves...
...committee in charge of these occasions is endeavoring to make them even more interesting and informal than in past years, and to bring the students at Harvard into cordial relationship with the Faculty and their wives. The teas give to men an opportunity to come in contact with those who are most prominent in the life of the University...
...foreclose the mortgage, shake him from his trust. When he believes Jimmy Caesar, the neighbor hood coward and a rejected suitor of Hannah, to have killed Withrow, his only feeling is one of sorrow that revenge has been taken in defiance of the clear precept, "Love thine enemies----" Even his brother's failure to post in time a letter containing money for the mortgage leaves him with no sense of bitterness...