Word: misunderstood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University authorities, however, maintained the Harvard tradition of academic freedom, and the Board of Overseers, after a careful consideration of the question, accepted the report of their Executive Committee "that they had collected information from all available sources and were satisfied that Mr. Laski's opinions had been misunderstood and misinterpreted, and that no further action should be taken...
...bill that touch the most impassioned issue of that day. Is there among us in America none of that pride that makes famous Englishmen dissent from the enraged majority no matter how hot the issue? In a time like this to be free means for a while to be misunderstood. Why not? Is the intellectual life to be all flabby, with no rugged stretches? Is hardihood to exist only in the body? Let us hear the drum music of our own convictions. The ultimate call just now is to spirit. What can a man do better than to refuse...