Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...topic bearing directly upon the problem of elementary education, and yet what could be more important? It may be platitudinous to say that the whole is made up of the parts, yet we seem to believe that to make the world safe for democracy, it is first necessary to think of plans for training a democracy that is safe for the world. It is folly to believe we can create a democratic state through and by the ideals of its leader only. Such a state must be evanescent in character. Democracy of learning, which should mean scientific knowledge, technical skill...
...reasonably doubt whether the English universities have in the last generation importantly assisted British democracy, while one cannot, I think, doubt that Harvard has importantly assisted in the development of American democracy throughout its existence...
...turning the world upsidedown. What are we here for whether students or teachers, but to concrete what we find to be good and permanent? and on that sub structure to build new mansions for our souls? What is the use of all this insistence on a man's thinking for himself, if he is not to think something that was never thought before...
...these is the possession of personal initiative and ambition; the other is the ability to work and to stick to it. Neither of these should be hard to meet by the majority of undergraduates. To aspire to the editorial board one must in addition be able to think, really the most important qualification of all. Nothing else is required and the benefit which will be derived by any individual will be proportionate to the amount of interest and energy he puts into his task...
...demobilization of the S. A. T. C. will naturally reduce the demand for such performances in Cambridge, but there is every indication that the Harvard-made-and-played dramas will make their contribution to the camp-life at Devens for some time to come. It is good to think that all this excellent public, or semi-public, service may be credited to a Harvard enterprise. --The Alumni Bulletin...