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...degenerated into a marriage and children tax. Thus, in other ways, such as the door and window tax, the present system is inadequate and unjust. The new system has been tried out in England and has succeeded, and in almost all other European countries except France. This is the greatest argument in its favor. The income tax did not bring about the French Revolution. The French deputies, who are nearest the will of the people, voted for it at their last session. This seems abundant proof that the French people want...
Liberty, Equality and Democracy are all means mistaken for ends. Liberty, which will be considered first, is of two distinct kinds: real liberty and legal liberty. The former is the kind that is of the greatest interest to men. Laws decrease legal liberty but increase real liberty. There are also two kinds of rights: legal and moral; but there are no such things as inalienable rights as maintained by Jefferson, Mill and George. Abraham Lincoln said: "No man has a right to do wrong." Equality is an equal distribution of wealth among the classes of society, and the equal distribution...
...Eventually, the Division of Chemistry hopes to realize the plan for the erection of a group of buildings, one of the greatest undertakings in the history of the University. The proposed building for Professor Richards will serve as the nucleus for the group...
...D.M.D., Dean of the Dental School, presided and introduced President Lowell who briefly congratulated the alumni of the School on what they had done, saying that it showed great devotion on their part. The University as a whole has the deepest interest in the School and wishes it the greatest success in its new undertaking. The Alumni Chorus of the Dental School was present and rendered several selections throughout the evening. President Eliot was the principal speaker of the occasion; he gave an outline of the early days of dentistry at Harvard and finished by relating several amusing anecdotes concerning...
...death yesterday at the Stillman Infirmary of Professor Charles Gross, the University loses one of her greatest scholars and most devoted servants. For the past 21 years he has worked here with unflagging energy and zeal, a shining example for his pupils, and an object of love and admiration to all who knew him; while his books have brought to Harvard wide renown in his chosen field of Mediaeval English History both in this country and in Europe. Modest, unselfish and retiring, with the broad outlook and noble charity of judgment which supplement and adorn the highest attainment, he labored...