Word: fearlessly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...address on "The National House of Representatives" will be delivered by one of the most prominent members of that body. Congressman McCall has shown that devotion to high ideals may be effectually combined with a practical sense of the best methods of reform, and by his personal integrity and fearless convictions he has become a leader in the movement for honesty in government. The recent offer of the presidency of Dartmouth was a high tribute to his varied achievements...
...only been thrown at our naval officers; it has even reached our greatest presidents. Lincoln, bearing the troubles of a great war upon his shoulders, was mercilessly reviled; Grant was attacked; McKinley, at the crisis of the Spanish War, was fiercely slandered by the papers. Today Theodore Roosevelt, fearless and straightforward, is being criticised on all sides...
...presidency in early manhood, he has administered the affairs of this University for forty years with eminent skill and fidelity. Its vast development during his term of service has been mainly due to his rare wisdom, his strong convictions, his enterprise and his zeal. Prompt to initiate reforms and fearless yet prudent in pressing them, he has by his constructive energy transformed Harvard College into a university, and at the same time has exerted an influence on the educational forces of the nation which has largely shaped their policy, so that he stands today the leader...
...Augustus Everett Willson, Kentuckian by birth and residence. Harvard Bachelor of Arts in 1869, a trusted and respected lawyer, in politics a Republican in a Democratic State, elected governor of Kentucky in 1907 for four years, after an energetic and troublous contest, a fearless, honest and disinterested public servant...
...understand the eternal greatness of such men as Milton to appreciate the triviality of such men as Wilde. His sudden suggestion of a dramatic club is sensible and worth while. Professor Baker, when he returns, would gladly co-operate with students willing to undertake such an enterprise. It is fearless criticism of ourselves among ourselves, such as this, that goes far to improve our Harvard standards