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Will the men of Harvard be blind to the logic of Professor Copeland and the embattled goodies? Let them arise in their strength and smite the new-fangled and the plebeian. Let the Kirkland House matron query in a still, small voice. "What, O Harvard, is my rightful name?" And let a chorus of ten thousand throats cry: "GOODY...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

...decided that its purpler passages are "emetic," rather than "aphrodisiac"; that the net effect of its 768 big pages is "a somewhat tragic and very powerful commentary on the inner lives of men and women." But even granting Ulysses a bill of moral health an intelligent adult may well smite his brow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ulysses Lands | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

...Chicago just to be feted as a boy wonder. He went to lead the way out of that mediocrity which critics have found to be the chief characteristic of U. S. "higher education." His reforms were radical. But they had barely begun when Depression came to smite down the income of all universities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: In Chicago | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

...several cases He quoted the words of Moses and set against them His own principles, thus: "Ye have heard that it hath been said. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you. That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. . . . Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: New v. Old | 8/28/1933 | See Source »

...League was founded. There is a suspicion that the action of the League in the economic sphere can be paralyzed by the pressure of national interests. There is a suspicion, gentlemen, that if the hand that is raised against the Covenant of the League is sufficiently strong it can smite with impunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Bankrupt? | 10/10/1932 | See Source »

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