Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remarked that "some good reactionaries are needed to settle such all-important questions as censorship, and the freedom of the press." When asked after the meeting to define "conservatives and radicals," he admitted that the average conservative is a man just too lazy to act; he is willing to stand pat, and let things slide as they are. A genuine conservative, however, is a man willing to tinker ahead slowly, experimenting as he goes along, trying to get a working principle, but ever advancing. The radical, on the other hand, is one who works as soon as he thinks...
...Pulaski wanted to revolt against the tyranny of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and it was through his addresses to the Polish people that idea of freedom and independence came in America...
...main address Orator MacDonald touched on a novel topic vital to U. S. citizens: "Freedom of the Seas." If there should be another War would the British Navy again wield the weapon of Blockade? Weaseling well, he answered: "You have signed a pact of peace. And when I say you I mean Canada. . . . We have done the same, France has done the same, Italy has done the same and the United States has done the same! ... If there is to be no war there is to be no blockade. What is the use of bothering ourselves and wasting our time...
...directly make the individual a more real part of Harvard is apparent. Whether or not it can do this, whether it can accomplish its end, depends on its ability to steer clear of provincialism, and, a what is equally important, at the same time to avoid encroachments on the freedom of the individual in the last analysis, the successful practice of the theory rests in a great degree on the personnel of the first Houses...
...appeared to be a race-riot seething under the surface at Harvard Square. The bold-face story on "Kindergarten Treatment" in another paper yesterday related a mild disciplinary action such as has often occurred in English 2, and is utterly without importance outside of the classroom. Thus far the freedom of the instructor to conduct his classes has been recognized by University Hall, and there is no reason for the world at large to be concerned with that matter...