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...that political burden which had bound them from immemorial time, it was inevitable that the Russian people should grow exuberant with the intoxication of first liberty. Much as we, much as the Allies, might wish Russia to enter in the common war against Germany with renewed fire and fiercer incentive for victory, yet our wishes nor the wishes of the Allies could influence a people before whom an instant and more obvious liberation was opened. Russia is much like a small boy who has a job to do, but who, receiving the legacy of a dime, loses interest in that...
...Yale eleven played without doubt the best game it was capable of. Its fierce attack, thwarted again and again by a fiercer defense, was each time renewed with an increased intensity that made it finally irresistible. On the defense, Yale's play was as determined and effective as Harvard's, but less conspicuous because fully expected, while Harvard's defensive strength stood out because of the record of previous games as a complete surprise. Neither team gained much ground on trick plays and gains by quarterback runs were with one or two exceptions limited to two or three yards each...
...Before you is a strenuous battle, fiercer than any cavalry charge -- the battle of economics, of society. Its issue will effect the foundations of government and involve all the relations of life. There will be the shadows, the repulses, the defeats, but if you do your duty there can be nothing better...
Judging from past games, Yale is generally conceded to have a harder and fiercer style of offensive play than Harvard, while Harvard's strength undoubtedly lies in their defence, which has proved the strongest feature of their play the past season...
...both professors and students. The thought that most naturally suggests itself, however, is one of wonder that today the problem sems no nearer solution at Harvard than it did when its discussion was first started an untold number of years ago. Every year condemnation of the system grows fiercer and more general Not only students, but professors of the most conservative habit of mind unite in a sympathetic chorus of disapprobation. Professor Norton, Professor Child, and Professor White, besides many others have particularly expressed the most positive opinions on the subject. And as yet so far as we know...