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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...boss." A politician who is a member of the bar is usually a politician because he has failed to be a lawyer, and good lawyers usually fail to become good politicians. The greatest recommendation of a successful lawyer is that he has the power to do justice to mankind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAW AS A PROFESSION | 4/3/1909 | See Source »

...command a large salary, one that compares favorably with the salaries of lawyers and physicians. But apart from this monetary consideration the engineer has the chance to be of great service to mankind. On him depends the conservation of our enormous natural resources...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LECTURE ON ENGINEERING | 3/12/1909 | See Source »

...effort is most wisely applied is one of the great opportunities offered here. The privileges of the elective system should be used by every student to the utmost, that in life there may be no misapplication of energy through failure to learn how one can best serve oneself and mankind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FACULTY RECEPTION | 10/6/1908 | See Source »

...circumstances and in that particular instance, happened to be necessary. This young man's possessions stood in the way of his wondrous possibilities, for if he had been ready for the sacrifice which the acceptance of the command required, he might be living today in the appreciative memory of mankind among those who shine as the brightness of the firmament and as the stars for ever and ever. This tragedy of Palestine has been enacted repeatedly in the history of mankind, for those who have fought a good fight and won a great victory pause to congratulate themselves and enjoy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACCALAUREATE SERMON | 6/15/1908 | See Source »

...contributor argues this morning, interference with studies is far greater than it should be, simply because the athletes are abusing their privileges and hurting the very cause which they all have at heart. There is no necessity to curtail schedules, no necessity to deplore the natural tendency of mankind to test the strength and skill of one body of men against another; but there is a necessity to impress upon the athletes that their first duty is to their studies, and that participation in a hard athletic season is no excuse for an extended tour of recuperation. The opportunity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEEDLESS RECUPERATION | 4/7/1908 | See Source »

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