Word: sureness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strong opinions, he was always ready to listen to those of others. He fairly revelled in a stiff argument, provided his opponent would 'play the game.' He was never guilty of 'talking down' to anyone, and fiercely resented it, if anyone tried to 'talk down' to him. He was sure to see the force of both the Faculty and the undergraduate points of view, and was in himself a solution of the perennial problem of 'how to bring about a closer relation between teacher and student.' Throughout his life he had struggled heroically against the galling restrictions imposed...
...sure civilization has struggled up in the midst of destructive wars, and was apparently never so flourishing as in the spring of 1914. The course of the war, however, has gone far to convince mankind that there can be no return to the old order of things. One of the mistakes of those who oppose a League of Peace is to think that any country in the world can go back to the place that it occupied five years ago. Not only are three great empires smashed, but the fourth--Germany, seems to be in the midst of civil...
...sure the mass of citizens in the United States mean well and I firmly believe they will always act well . . . ; but in some parts of the Union . . . . it is not easy to accomplish this . . . . when the inventors and abettors of pernicious measures use infinite more industry in disseminating the poison, than the well disposed part of the community to furnish the antidote...
Then, presumably the liberals peacefully, continued their discussion of liberal ideas. But they had already given as ample a definition of the merit of free speech as the world could desire. It was not an open meeting, to be sure, and the interruption may or may not have been called for; the circumstances of the meeting and the nature of the subject, however, might have suggested at least a pacific refusal and an explanation of the situation. Instead the police thought it necessary to protect the disturber from the hostility of the crowd...
...future Americans. The startling number of young men disclosed by the draft who are illiterate or physically imperfect shows that our schools are functioning imperfectly even now. Should not the strong arm of the National Government reach out, then, and correct and regulate our common schools? It surely can do much good by way of improvement. But quite within the range of possibilities are very terrible dangers. If the states must follow the policy laid down by the National Department of Education in order to enjoy the nation's largess, it is quite within the power of a dominating secretary...