Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lincheng bandit outrage of May 6, 1923 (TIME, Mar. 2, 1925, Page 10) there were a few inaccuracies. It was the Tientsin-Pukow express and not the "Peking-Shanghai" express that was derailed. Not nearly 300 Chinese were carried off into captivity. Nearly 30 would be nearer the truth. And the 24 foreigners captured were not all taken to their impregnable lair. All of the women captives were released on the very day of their capture except the young Mexican bride who refused to leave her husband, and two of the men made their escape on the same day. That...
...representation at the University. The suggestion that Professor Nearing and others should be invited to the Union platform caused heated dispute last year, to be settled finally by compromise; but the nominal admission of the value of open discussion means little. Men may admit that they only source of truth is the free clash of opposing views; yet it is only when conflicting theories are fairly heard and frequently discussed that education has begun...
...Tennyson's exact words: That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies...
...similar tendency. No. I have no objection to the British Empire, as long as that organization remain an Empire. But the British Empire cannot be called a Commonwealth as long as it remains an Empire. And to call it a Commonwealth is a Gross and Shameful perversion of truth, in the interest of creating a favorable impression for an institution that may not command respect otherwise. To put it mildly, it is only a half-truth. And as Tennyson said...
...truth that is only a half-truth is the blackest of lies...