Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course old books which have in their content more or less value for the intellect. And there are old books which fell like lead upon their ago and generation and which by their bindings and beautiful print and wooden illustrations appeal only to the eye. But an object d'art practically the only value of which lies in its use as a test of human muscle must fall in the lowest plane...
This campaign which has proved such an impediment in the triumphal march of Labor has somehow lost its old interest, and Mr. Bullard's object has evidently been to arouse public opinion once more to do battle against this new autocracy and, perhaps, by forcing through this suggested programme, to safeguard its economic constitutions. The question is whether his programme gets at the heart of the matter...
...objection to the custom is not primarily because of the false grade that a student may get from using printed notes, although that is an important factor. I am considering chiefly the injury that the student is doing to himself. The object of a college education is the development of mental muscle. If Jones lifts the dumbbell, Smith's muscle is not strengthened. Similarly, if Smith passes an examina...
...subcommittee is going to adjourn, maybe because of the trouble I raised. It may not be so; Mr. Green says he is going to see his daughter.* But the Republicans are not doing anything, anyway. They are only stalling. They have no other object except to stall until pressure can be brought to bear against the bonus." The next day Representative Green (Republican, of Iowa), Chairman of the Committee, ordered the bill made public and it was published at large in the press of the country...
...most rabid pacifist should object to such aid to the constituted authority in Mexico is difficult to imagine, and yet Representative Fairchild, a Republican, will criticism this action by introducing a bill to prohibit sale of arms to any foreign nation. Adoption of such a policy would not only repudiate an action which in this particular case is more than wise, but would negate what has always been considered sound international practice...