Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from college. According to Mr. Nearing he must elect one of two courses; he may either associate himself with the forces of capitalism and private property, thus becoming the hireling of the "Standard Oil Company or Kidder, Peabody and Co.", or he may enlist himself in the service of truth and right...
...decision. He may become "an advocate of force, a propagandist with a knife between his teeth" or he may contest himself with the more peaceful but no less useful life of a philosopher or teacher. Both classes of this second division have as a common function, "a search for truth without fear or favor". The members of both must be willing to stand on their feet and say what they think. Under our present civilization, Mr. Nearing continued, an ever increasing specialization is tending to disrupt all cooperation between different men and classes, and hence, now more than ever before...
...that he has been to Harvard and to his country, for his labor in the cause of justice, of fairness, and of truth, for his wise counsel, for countless thoughtful kindnesses, recorded only in the hearts of the many who have received them, and, best of all, for the example of noble manhood he has set, we are profoundly grateful
...returns without raising their hands. Are their oaths to be repudiated? Every day hundreds of would be motorists submit to the same stereotyped process, not bothering to raise their right hands, and merely mumbling meaningless phrases through their teeth; yet they are judged to have sworn to the truth of their statements...
...every intelligent man will support him in this attitude. If an oath is not recognized as sacred in itself, if there is no way of making it sacred; how is it going to be possible to depend upon any statement? As society is constructed today everything rests upon truth and honesty. If a man cannot be held legally to his word, the very props are knocked from under our feet...