Word: fittings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...such a shining proposition offered to it. We are asked to give up no part of our constitution, our system of government, our laws, our possessions, except the present right to make war when we think best, for reasons that satisfy us, against any other nation that we see fit. This is a small privilege to a nation like ours, which is essentially pacific. In return for that concession we get two great privileges. The first is an assurance against the return of the frightful conditions which led to the present war, into which we were forced whether' we would...
...latter in particular reveal those ardons and fidelities of friendship which men like Emerson and Thoreau longed after without ever quite experiencing. Lowell's cosmopolitan reputation, which was greatly enhanced in the last decade of his life, seemed to his old associates of the Saturday Club only a fit recognition of the learning, wit, and fine imagination which had been familiar to them from the first. To hold the old friends throughout his lifetime, and to win fresh ones of a new generation through his books, is perhaps the greatest of Lowell's personal felicities...
...international relations. It leaves the final decision with the people. If the world is ready for an desires a League of Nations the rails have been laid. If, no the other hand we want the old balance of power, the pace as drawn up may be modified to fit the demands of the majority...
...time for initiative. Procrastination will only kill the spirit of reform. Some day the Athletic Committee will see fit to come to a decision. Meanwhile the University waits...
...Reconstruction," said Judge Elbert H. Gary, A.B., LL.B., the head of the United States Steel Corporation, in a recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter, "is the problem that faces the country today. It is particularly a problem for the college man, who is wondering how he can best fit himself for the important part that he is expected to play in the new work of the world. No matter what he plans to be--business man, statesman, professional man, or anything else--he realizes that his generation will have to face tremendous new problems in every field. This knowledge very...