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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thomas Alva Edison, New Jersey inventor: "In 1910, just after the death of Philosopher William James, I was asked my views on Immortality. I replied: 'I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul . . . Soul? Soul? What do you mean by soul? . . . The Brain immortal? No, the brain is a piece of meat-mechanism . . . wonderful meat-mechanism,' But the November issue of The Forum will contain another interview with me in which, now aged 79, I say that even evidence that science now possesses tends to favor belief in Immortality; that there is nothing necessarily shocking to practical...
Commenting upon the intellectual condition of America at the present time, Prof. Murray spoke of the wave of self-criticism that is sweeping over the country. "This self-criticism, ranging from the diatribes of Mencken to the bickerings of mean backbiters, is an encouraging sign of advancement. Dissatisfaction with self is always an indication of development, and it is a sign of health for a nation to be able to stand the withering fire of criticism that both England and America are at present undergoing at the hands of their own people. Only the other day I heard...
...last acquired the legal right to save as much daylight as befits their needs or whims. The recent decision of the Supreme Court to this effect has been interpreted as help for home rule, as hope for quicker legal action in the future. To the farmer it can only mean getting out of bed earlier in the morning than is his wont, and to the trainmen, a mystifying schedule of changing times which endangers the lives of passengers and others. This was convincingly set forth at the trial of the bill for unconstitutionality...
Comparative scores, it is said, mean nothing. In a sense, this is true, but if Dartmouth should beat Yale by a good margin, and the University should trounce the Green next week, Crimson supporters will be, whether justifiably or not, inclined to rate the University team high over the Blue...
...carnivorous dinosaur, its one time proponent, it eventually die, can, like the name carnivorous dinosaur, cause a lot of trouble. One hopes then, and with all sincerity that Tunney will like a good Marine, defend his country against mental eclipse by refraining from establishing a precedent which could well mean the beginning of the Ivory...