Word: pardoned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ever since Mooney's conviction a continuous protest has been conducted by the Communists. They demand more than his freedom--for he has refused a parole--; what they want is an unconditional pardon. Mooney's release is now a demand of the class war, and his captivity is another objection to the capitalist system. It is this aspect of the question that bears an obvious analogy to the Sacco-Vanzetti case...
Mooney is undoubtedly justified in his demand for a pardon that would absolve him of blame for an act to which only perjured witnesses can testify. He and his sympathizers have, however, so stressed the political aspects of the situation that no governor dares grant this pardon. If Mooney really considers his freedom more important than a Socialist martyrdom he must accept a parole rather than continue his political campaign...
...will pardon this intrusion, monsieur," said he, "but I have another note from my country...
...tempt the amateur will Rogers continually. The newspaper did not dignify these events with print, but they nevertheless had their evanescent fame. One inspired youth waited for half an hour in the procession in order to confront the outstretched hand of the president with lifted eyebrows and "Beg pardon, I did n't get the name...
...that he should feel badly at the conversation he heard, no man likes to have his nearest, dearest thoughts the butt of many an idle jest. But he is used to the indiscretion of youth, he knows how they speak in the wrath of the moment and he will pardon them. If they seek not pardon it matters little, he will go on writing whether or no. He will continue to get times wrong, to get places mixed, to misspell the names of professors. Technicalities are not for the majestic corridors of his soul. Harvard was made for the Vagabond...