Word: gone
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...view of the Caucasian race, Oriental nations always do things wrong-way-round. They are always out of step in the march of events, and usually a little behind; but lately Japan has been ahead of time-again from the point of view of the Occident. She has gone through the militaristic stage, and now seems anxious to atone for past sins by an unselfishness that is so far in advance of European politics that it makes her appear out of step again. Not content with being one of the first to agree to the four-power treaty...
...oracle, the Athanasian creed, the Inquisition, the Geocentric theory, monarchy by the grace of God, witchcraft, slavery, war, capitalism, private property, or noble isolation. All of these tend to appear to the conservative under the aspect of eternity, but all of these things have come, many of them have gone, and the remainder would seem to be subject to undreamed-of modifications as time goes on." Verily the old order changeth! MALCOLM H. DILL '20, 3S.L.A. December...
...Asquith, Philip Gibbs, Conan Doyle, Hugh Walpole, and now Emile Coue:--in fact, any Englishman or foreigner with more than seven lines to his credit in the current "Who's Who" is regarded as eligible to lecture the American people. It is a pity that the celebrities of by-gone days could not have had similar opportunity. Napoleon would have edified thousands with a talk press-agented as "Why I Kept My Hand Under My Waistcoat When I Posed For Photographs." Nero, lecturing on "Music, a Flame", would have been a boon to students of Music 4. And the gentle...
...situation is hound to become worse before it will improve," he declared, "because it is only after the matter has gone to extremes that the public will wake up and take action...
...take at least a study of the organization of the Court which tried the case and a study of the official report of the proceedings before we reach the conclusion that "their death was brought about by a mad, mistaken patriotism on the part of a people gone hysterical"? Is it not a cardinal prerequisite for any sort of constructive thinking to ascertain the facts and not reach a decision before that has been accomplished? It is easy of course to pronounce our ex cathedra judgments in a case, if we can presuppose the existence of certain facts...