Word: truisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...helpless ward of the state but a buxom, independent part of it, not an enemy but a supporter of the present capitalistic order, not a body with untested theories but one with policies matured out of experience. He has wasted no time in proving the truism that combination of labor was inevitable; what he does prove by the tenour of his words is that such combination is proper and good for the health of the economic world...
While other colleges are proclaiming their academic advances, or organizing efforts for new advances, Harvard has quietly proceeded toward changes of the greatest importance. The new Freshman requirements explained on another page, involve a number of scholastic matters. It is a truism that the first year marks a difficult transition and readjustment. In the past it has been the theory that the newcomer should not be forced. But a mere two C's and a D, out of five courses, is in the great majority of cases ridiculously easy...
...second major reason for studying History is that some considerable acquaintance with the past is indispensable for understanding the civilization and problems of the present. It is a mere truism to say that the past is always with us, and that, whatever our attitude towards it may be, we can no more free ourselves from the influence of former generations than an individual can free himself from his own personal identity. And that is not regrettable. Frederic Harrison once drew a picture of the situation in which a set of men would find themselves if they succeeded in sweeping away...
...suggest a raising of entrance requirements on the basis of studies alone. Its ideas in that direction are constructive, and will undoubtedly accomplish their immediate purpose--that of cutting out those who are mentally unfit. The fact that grades are only a partial index of mental capacity is a truism which the committee has been obliged to ignore...
Irrelevant, perhaps is the truism that the Successful Statesman announces what he plans to do-then does the opposibe. Another column of the same evening paper quotes Mayor Hylan as announcing that he will not be a candi...