Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Your editorial on the Menace of Military Camps seems to me not to stand the analysis of careful study. I think we can assume that the temper of the American people and our democratic institutions are a sure pledge that the United States will not be drawn into any war of aggression of self aggrandizement. But to many of us it seems that a sincere love of peace alone is not sufficient to keep us at peace. Probably last June Belgium loved peace and was as unoffending as Switzerland but Belgium had no "adequate armament" as had Switzerland...
...love to think that our government is on a very high basis, and it is in comparison to a few, but it is essentially militaristic. About 400,000 men are authoritatively employed bearing arms in time of peace. This includes 200,000 soldiers and two men or more per thousand of population who are policemen, sheriffs, jailers, etc. Every time the government exercises its functions, it uses, actually or potentially, the total brute force of the people. It is only the above mentioned standing army of 400,000 "that prevents the constitution and laws from being 'mere scraps of paper...
...constituted by holding colonies has long since been discarded by economists along with other such mercantilist notions. It is too evidently still held today as a part of the "governmental mind" so brilliantly analyzed by Lowes Dickinson. It is a remnant of that habit which leads men to think of nations, of certain colored portions of the map, and not of individuals, as ends in themselves...
Once more there arises the ever-recurring question of whether Cambridge shall vote "wet" or "dry." No matter what the personal convictions of the individual may be, or what he may think of beer at class smokers, if he has the interests of the University at heart, he can have only one opinion on this subject. No one who gives the matter serious reflection can doubt that it would be highly deleterious, both to the environment of the University, and to its morale, to have intoxicants sold in Cambridge. It is the duty, therefore, of all those connected with...
...race. He made the following statement: "In regard to the four-mile race I am in favor of it because I consider it a better test of skill in rowing and coaching, and as a better test of endurance and general ship. In the consideration of this question I think we should place some value in past tradition and in the fact that four miles has been the established distance. The three-mile race is an untried thing. My opinion is that it would develop into more or less of a sprint and would be more detrimental physically than...