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...criterion of worth, the secretary of a big navy should be a bigger man than the secretary of a small navy. Can it be that Mr. Wilbur is haunted by dreams of greatness? If so, human frailty can pardon him his desire; but human reason cannot overlook his obtuseness in yielding to it when peace demands, net larger, but smaller navies, when public economy urges, not increased, but diminished expenditure...
...left out rhythm, and he amended his definition to include it. But Signor Croce stands upon his knife-edge distinction, and is not at all daunted by the necessity of calling de Maupassant a poet. The practical value of his theory is very doubtful. If one could overlook all but the simplest facts, as Signor Croce has done, that would certainly make matters much easier, but it would hardly solve complexities...
...Harvard features. A quarterback who is not called upon to submit to the bumps and spills which come to those who carry the ball will continue cool and clearheaded throughout a full game; a semi-standing line relying on the use of its hands is in a position to overlook the enemy line, size up, the play and move towards the point of attack; waiting ends are seldom boxed and are in a position to intercept those always dangerous semi-lateral passes toward the sidelines...
...think it no less important to know the history of the great heritage that is ours than to be acquainted with the latest decisions and to such these volumes will be a source of interest, pleasure and profit, and no student of political or economic conditions can afford to overlook this source of information...
...spirit of some man who has made his mark in this world, and so my talk really centers about these, and might be called a defense of bad architecture. Many of the college buildings can be badly criticized from an architectural point of view, but their associations make us overlook this. President Eliot as at last admonition to the students advised them to look forward not backward, outward not inward, but it is not also important to seek inspiration from the past in the buildings of this University...