Word: needlessness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jesus of Nazareth, I have with most of the present dissenters of England some doubts as to His divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, never having studied it and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon the opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I sec no harm, however, in its being believed, if that belief has the good consequence, as probably it has, of making His doctrines more respected and more observed...
...Melville, Hawthorne, Whitman reached." These Americans "refuse everything explicit and always put up a sort of double meaning. They revel in subterfuge. They prefer their truth safely swaddled in an ark of bulrushes, and deposited among the reeds until some friendly Egyptian princess comes to rescue the babe." Needless to say, Mr. Lawrence will play the kind-hearted daughter of Pharach to rescue the infant Truth whom we have abandoned...
...should be needless to point out that any information which can be given to the public, if it be correct and unbiased, must prove valuable in creating that background which is now conspicuous by its absence. It is equally obvious that the motion pictures have no rival for spreading any kind of propaganda; the best of the best sellers never reaches a fraction of the multitudes who see every widely-advertised "movie". And if historically accurate films are produced with the proper regard for dramatic effectiveness, as are those being prepared under the Yale authorities, they will not be shunned...
...reported qualifications, the Canadian boat consented to race--but on a kind of "heads I win, tails you lose" basis. If the Columbia happens to win the next two races and, consequently the series, she will then have to be remeasured under the stony glances of the Canadians. Needless to say the enthusiasm of a competitor who is not certain of getting credit for winning is likely to be considerably dampened. Yet while criticizing Canada, it is only fair to say that a well- founded belief is current to the effect that the Gloucester men have altered their boat...
...Needless to say there are good arguments for disarmament. A competition in armies and fleets is ruinous to a country's prosperity; it undermines good relations; and large fighting forces are at least a partial spur to attack. Recognizing these facts the Disarmament Council met in 1921 and established a valuable new regime But to argue that this country should not keep up to its quota or should disarm completely as an angelic example to the rest of the world is utter nonsense. For disarmament does not preclude war, and until the seed of war is completely removed, no nation...