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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...outside world. And yet so many men persist in disregarding the one requisite which is the most beneficial in every-day life--the ability to talk. Think of a profession, a trade, an occupation in which the power to think on one's feet and the ability to express oneself are not of the utmost advantage. But the power of addressing an audience is only a side-issue. When a man is tossed into the rough-and-tumble of ordinary life, he finds his university polish of little avail, if he cannot make his stock of learning show...
...resolved, That we the members of the Second-Year class of Harvard Law School do take this occasion to express our feeling of deep sorrow and loss. We sorrow as having lost from among us a man honorable and upright in all his relationships, a loyal friend, a cheerful companion, a diligent student who promised much in our chosen profession...
...have been gathered and put in the form of a table showing a comparison between the number of men in Congress from some of the eastern colleges. In order that the size of the college might not affect the comparison, the figures in the last column were compiled. They express the ratio of the men in Congress to the number in a graduating class twenty years ago. The size of a class twenty years ago was taken, because that is about the time the average Congressman graduated. The ratios for the different colleges are approximately the same, from which...
...that popular government is fundamental to all other questions. To this end it advocates the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, direct primaries for the nomination of all elective officials, the direct election of delegates to national conventions with opportunity for the voter to express his choice for President and Vice-President, amendment to state constitutions providing for the initiative, referendum, and recall, and a thorough general corrupt practice...
This problem is one of total impressions. The question before us is to define the total impression of the life of Jesus on the world, and to express our relation to it. It is in this total view of things that the Christian religion appeals to mankind. It is essentially a religion for human beings, and we cannot seriously maintain that any religion will take the place of one which is so broadly human and universal...