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...real Army, with more than half a million men cocked and primed to strike at a minute's notice. Once again a tough, hard-hitting German Navy was in the making. Once again the Rhineland, sacred soil to every German, was back in the Fatherland's military fold, with German guns and German gunners muzzling the frontier. And once again Germany was virtually friendless in an angry world...
...followed it than as an original contribution to the literature. The style and the methods employed are very reminiscent of Haydn and Mozart, but even in this early work, a certain individuality is already present which was for a time to make Beethoven the black sheep in the musical fold. The use of a dominant seventh chord to open the work is an example of this...
...arbitrarily slashing the standing interest rate in Massachusetts from 2 1-2 to 1 1-2 percent, the revenue bill would defeat its purpose entirely, as savings banks would soon be put out of business. This additional 1 per cent, moreover, would increase present savings bank payments ten-fold, even though these institutions now pay a higher rate than any other source of state revenue...
...real property. Ultimately such equities will rise in proportion as money is devalued. Columbia, for instance, has shown beyond cavil the wisdom of owning land. Not only have they milked their mid-town properties in Manhattan of fat yearly rents, but rising values have increased their original investment many fold. The trustees of Harvard should take a long thought about such forms of protection when they start investing their newly acquired millions...
...incapable of taking advantage of the expensive opportunities of the Tutorial System, do not let them slop through four wasted years. Give them an education they deserve and need; an extra course per year, hour examinations, quizzes, and attendance. This will quickly stimulate the gifted to return into the fold, and will at least give a real, rounded education for the rest. Under this plan, the progress of the past few years, more and more graduates with honors, fewer and fewer failures, would continue...