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...much safer to observe than predict" was the comment of Professor Holcombe when asked to express his views on the question of whether socialism was the goal of economic progress, but we seem to be moving in that direction. Three hundred years ago, it would have been regarded as the product of an extreme socialistic imagination, if one were to predict a government like the one in this country, where freedom of the will and all the other features of this democracy are enjoyed. It is natural that we will progress, and in my opinion, this progression will be towards...
...being called "mock martyrs" they can easily convince the nation of their sincerity provided they do not lack one quality courage. A soldier, fighting for his country, is not ashamed to wear the uniform which identifies him with his cause. Would you, pacifists, heroes of a nobler (and safer) strife be ashamed to put on some uniform which would identify you with your principles?--a uniform say of bright yellow cloth with a cap set off by a gallant white feather...
...subject of good roads. Naturally, he comes to Washington to have the President present him with the scholarship. The natural consequence is. the bright young lad returns to his home with a civil engineer's degree and devotes his life to making the country a finer and safer place to ride...
...manner. It is willing to stand convicted of the crime of attempting to escape that deadly dryness that dogs the footsteps of every academic publication. If these are crimes it will suffer for them. But if, on the other hand, they are worth-while efforts, it stands to win. Safer and saner is that paper that "along the cool sequestered vale of life" pursues "the noiseless tenor of its way;" it risks nothing; it will lose nothing; it will win nothing--not even readers. But even at that there is something glorious about...
...Navy has wisely requested her airmen to permit these records to stand long enough for the ink to dry on the books. Although London statistics show that it is safer to fly than to walk, Navy officials are inclined to believe that a continuation of flights--especially with the same unrepaired planes--will eventually lead to disaster. Indeed Lieutenant Williams narrowly missed crashing into a squad of bombers which were meandering along at a poor sixty or ninety miles an hour. He did not bother to slow up, for according to him it is "just as well to hit them...