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...temperature than other people. It is astounding, to me to see the number of men who have not thought the excessive wave sufficient cause for keeping them off the tennis courts. However, I do think, that we will have some cases if men do not have sense enough to forego violent exercise during such a period as we seem to be undergoing...
...opportunity to take "honors" courses. This means the expenditure of more money. The type of man the faculty requires to handle such work is hard to find. Not every teacher is equipped through temperament or training to do it well. If the undergraduate wants "honors" work, he must forego his disparagement of the large university, for the "tutor" and the courses alike have their origin and inspiration in the larger unit...
...factory, the soul is destroyed, but before destruction sets in, the soul is puzzled. Mr. Anderson asked his soul a few questions and received clear answers. He put on his hat and coat one morning and left office, town, personality, responsibilities. His soul, artistic, forced him to forego the more bitter obligations of life. Fetters fell from him and he strode out to be the great story teller...
...thoughtful students of international affairs, the opium question is an accurate gauge of the existing degree of international-mindedness. If the powers cannot forego their petty advantages to wipe out a universally recognized menace, the hope for international cooperation is ludicrous. If the inherently selfish aspects of nationalism can in this one case he overcome by a feeling of community of need and action, hopes of the League and of all internationalists will rise. Eventually the Opium Conference will receive either ignominy for spiking the wheels of the new chariot of internationalism, or high praise for aiding the progress...
...Rumors that Secretary of State Hughes would resign were set at rest by an apparently authentic report that he would forego his desire to return to his private law practice until sometime...