Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Just tell the truth about Florida," advised her Governor...
...wisdom of ages to be true or not, has become the singlemental passion of the college man indeed, his single mental ability; that, although he may appear saturated with knowledge, he has been given no real intelligence for he knows not when to doubt and when to accept truth, nor can he reject false suspicions and fallacious arguments; in other words, that he displays no judgement or wisdom, only the conceit of intelligence and the obsession of doubting; and that his natural faculties of mind, judgment and wisdom, having been so impaired, he constitutes a menace to himself...
...teacher of American history must sacrifice truth to the spreading of patriotic myth, according to Robert L. Joyce, a New Jersey high school instructor. In this way and no other, he says can such traditions be evoked as will make the United States a homogeneous nation. Mr. Joyce believes that the disillusionment of the child brought up on myth-history is unimportant to the country, and will have no permanently evil effect on the patriotism so inculcated...
...theory is even more distasteful than it is illogical. There can be little value in a patriotism inspired by the perversion of truth. It must lead to misunderstanding between those who retain their illusions and those who eventually shake them off. In shutting the eyes of the semi-educated to the realities of the past, a false view of history prevents them from benefiting from human experience...
...invaders are upholding the affirmative side of the argument and their first man will open the debate. The question to be debated is, "Resolved, That the growth and activities of the Socialist movement are detrimental to social progress". In trying to convince the audience of the truth of their contention, each side will be allowed 45 minutes, each man being given 15 minutes on the rostrum. No rebuttals are anticipated, but by mutual agreement before the debate, the teams may be allowed to refute formally their opponents' contentions...