Word: tells
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...embark on an entirely new policy of universal service. This obviously looks toward a great increase in our military strength, and the obvious query is, what is it for? We say, and sincerely believe, it is for defense only; but will this be accepted by other nations? Diplomatic authorities tell us that the Kaiser was an earnest worker for peace, and did not willfully precipitate the war. This statement is usually greeted with smiles, and references to the enormous military organization of Germany, and to historical fact. Our military preparations will be undeniable, and unfortunately historical. Fact is none...
...himself to comprehend exactly all that is going on. For those events which do seem perfectly consistent to us are scenic rather than dramatic, and if "A Daughter of the Gods" is intended to be merely spectacular, why introduce so many touches of sentimentality? It is true the "leaders" tell us to become children again, but Miss Kellermann's antics in the brine, while charming and all that, do not seem to fit the juvenile mind exactly...
...believe in the stability of our educational system. However, fifty years ago everyone studied Greek and Latin, but today it is a very small minority that choose the classics. In reality, we are most certain of the fact that everything is in a state of flux. Who can tell what educational system will reign in 1975? Perhaps Dr. Flexner's name and reputation will be greater then than at present...
...closing days of July, 1914, was decidedly incriminating. "It is undoubtedly some foreign influence, financial or otherwise, which has caused the removal of my book from circulation and the attempts of the Macmillan Company to buy up all copies already sold. The plea of 'important inaccuracies' can hardly tell the whole story, for not only was the manuscript read by the company's readers but in addition, after publication, by Professor C. A. Beard, of Columbia. The company states that I refused to accept the suggestions made by Dr. Beard, but except for a very few, which the vice-president...
...Late Spring," a story in which Mr. Cuthbert Wright subtly analyzes the emotional crisis of a young man who takes himself very, very seriously, and falls in love at first sight with a girl who is already engaged. He lives in the Bronx, or Kensington, or Evansville--one cannot tell; he has been to school in England or America, and to Harvard, Oxford, William and Mary, or the University of Edinburgh. His great experience occurs in a box at the opera in a city of some importance, and it must have happened some years ago, because he goes home...