Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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During these last few weeks before the Presidential election, the air becomes more and more filled with discussion of the policies and personalities of the respective candidates. It is the very essence of democratic government that absolute freedom of expression should be given to the opinions of every member of the community; yet it is often a matter of considerable doubt whether some of the arguments advanced in favor of this or that candidate are really expressions of opinion in its true sense. Do the condemnations of one Presidential nominee, or the eulogisms which we hear heaped (or heap ourselves...
Once more President Meiklejohn of Amherst has spoken in a way that distinctly reveals his habit of doing all his own thinking and of doing it vigorously. What he had to say on academic freedom before the Boston Baptist Social Union the other night was reported in a way that implied considerable antagonism to the position taken on this subject by the American Association of University Professors, and may even have been so intended. It is true that the association report did quite sharply divide the members of the teaching force from the members of the collegiate boards of trustees...
...found to be pedantic; French scholarship to be superficial. Most intellectual lights, like Sir Gilbert Murray and Gabriele d'Annunzio, have found their refuge in acquiescent, even enthusiastic patriotism. Some like Romain Rolland preach tolerance in a foreign country. Bertrand Russell and Maximilian Harden who insist on academic freedom reap only dishonor among their own people...
...significance lies in the voluntary nature of the Harvard Regiment. That freedom alone was a potent reason for its success. The desire for an ostentatious but efficient body impelled each to his best effort, and the desire surely achieved the result...
...what is the duty of America in this crisis?" Mr. Carter asked. "It is this--an awakened sense of the seriousness of affairs in Europe, a development of national freedom, national democracy, which shall enable Americans when the time shall come to be in very truth citizens of the world...