Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most important service of the Harvard Surgical units that have gone to France to serve in the war zone is not humanitarian but lies in their capacity to demonstrate that the American people as individuals are firm in their belief in "the inalienable right to freedom of thought and freedom of action." This statement by Dr. Hugh Cabot, the leader of the present unit, is not aimed at disparaging the great medical and surgical value of the units to France. He rather emphasizes the point that through the work and sacrifices of these units the Allies have been brought...
...action of the trustees at Columbia University in calling for an inquiry as to the political doctrines of various professors in that institution need occasion no surprise. It is true, of course, that the cry of academic freedom is bound to be raised whenever an attempt is made to put any damper on these ebullitions, but to the minds of most laymen there is no good reason why a decent respect for the opinions of mankind should not characterize the utterances and actions of scholars as of other...
...such attempts on the part of the officers of a university to restrict the freedom of speech or opinion on the part either of the members of the faculty or of speakers from the outside is based upon a misconception of the attitude of the students toward those who address them from the lecture platform. That attitude is almost invariably one of respect, mingled with doubt. No audience is quicker to perceive the untruth, the fallacy, or, on the other hand, the worth of an argument. Weight of academic authority counts for little to the university student who is accustomed...
...offer made by the National Canners Association has been accepted by the University on the understanding that the investigation shall be conducted and the results thereof published with entire academic freedom...
...speaking for the Union, he says: "What we stand for, above all, is a democratic and enlightened method of deciding whether war or peace is our duty. What we are fighting against are the Prussian methods and spirit which do at least seem to threaten Harvard's ideas of freedom and reason...