Word: extention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether the possession of a more definite vocabulary will clear the "fog" of loose thinking is another matter. To a certain extent, loose thinkers are born not to be unmade. There are many people to whom intellectual curiosity concerning an implication they wish to believe, is a positive desecration. On the other hand, to those who are concerned with reaching convictions by conscious use of the syllogism, it will be very interesting to discover the whimsical tricks words can play in the mouths of other people...
...certain localities, and to a certain extent everywhere, this condition obtained and caused the downfall of the world's faith in the Youth Movement. Freedom and frankness between the sexes resulted in an unfortunate towering of moral standards when the thing to be hoped for was an elevation and clarification of those same standards. Many conventional standards set by previous generations are hypocritical, and in breaking away from them, other and better standards should be set and maintained. From the countless articles on the younger generation which I have read in every sort of periodical I should judge that...
...attention of the American undergraduate. Much of the energy of the Student Friendship Fund, with that of the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants, has been directed toward the encouragement of internationalism in learning. The exchange of students between countries will affect not only their political relations, but to a great extent their intellectual development. The world of learning has moved far from the medieval ideal; already our universities have become more national in character and appeal. That this situation has been radically changed since the war, and that it is every day being changed, cannot be doubted in face...
...interest in Byron. Byron's latest biographer is not an apologist for his life: degraded profligacy he denies, all else admits. But the ultimate verity is, that in 16 years, having produced 80,000 lines of poetry, "taking all tilings into consideration, variety of readers, caprices of fashion and extent of appeal both as to classes and nationalities, Byron is, next to Shakespeare, the most famous English poet...
Although Belgium's importance is minor, politically and, to a lesser extent, industrially, her foreign minister's article in the New York Times, reveals, none the less, an interesting process of diplomatic fortification. M. Vandevelde's narrative of Belgium's post-war mancuvres well illustrates the triple barriers of pledge that are exacted on the continent to allay suspicion and provide security...