Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will never have to setforth again her students to war. One of the great causes of war is the excitation of the people of a country to such point that they must have war in order to justify their preparations. "Be peaceful and you shall have peace" is the opinion of a distinguished western professor, and I think this is true. Let Harvard men, if they wish, join the military or attend summer training camps. Such a move has been emphatically endorsed by many prominent men. But never let the eternal spirit of unrest and war be intermingled with...
...Like prohibition, probation, protection or any other live topic, this question has given rise to two rival camps, ready to hurl epistolary missiles at each other, the CRIMSON serving as a convenient Belgium for their battles. Very little comes of such paper controversies. They are interesting as expressions of opinion, however...
Accordingly, though there is a fair amount of justice in a plea for no beer, based on personal opinion, it seems rather absurd to argue the point on the basis of a wrecked constitution. HAMPDEN HALL...
...Some Aspects of the Tariff Question" is the title of a book by Professor F. W. Taussig '79, Henry Lee Professor of Economics, which is now in preparation at the University Press, and will be issued at an early date. This book is, in the opinion of able economists, the most important work on international trade by an American scholar. The subject has really not been treated in any new light since the time of John Stuart Mill, and a study such as this has been long awaited by students of the subject. The author is a great authority...
They are honest expressions of opinion for the most part. But as they are opinions, they are generally worthless unless the author makes himself known...