Word: falsehood
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...aside the fact that some thousands of small investors bought British Royal Mail stock on the basis of the offending prospectus and lost most of their investment. "Surely it is a sad thing," cried Sir John, "if something economical in its information [the prospectus] is to be declared a falsehood. . . . Every word, every figure in the prospectus was accurate. . . . The average of ten years earnings by the Royal Mail which it contained was absolutely correct...
...Truth and falsehood, however, are not part of the subject matter of logic. It can be studied without attention to psychology...
...This falsehood," protested the Hon. George, "is a serious matter to a man of my reputation as a trainer. I know that I should think something serious had been discovered if I had heard that an inquiry by the Stewards had been adjourned...
...founder of the American Legion in Los Angeles has announced that Professor Albert Einstein should be kept from the pristine shore of California on the grounds that he is a purveyor of scientific fifth and falsehood. Dr. A. B. Houghton, of the American Legion in examining the theory of relativity finds that it is really not worth serious consideration, but Herr Einstein's remarks on militant pacificism were beyond the bounds of democratic decency...
...belated dedication is not necessarily a reflection upon the dead but a dedication grudgingly extended is a compliment neither to the dead nor to those who participate. . . . Now the American people have never been swayed by the lip of libel or the tongue of slander. . . . The foam of falsehood will soon cease to scare the timid or ambitious. . . . It would cheapen the memory of a man, most deserving, to importune anybody to do his memory a simple justice."* The association re-elected its officers: Calvin Coolidge, honorary president; one-time Senator Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, president; Secretary...