Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wars and rumours of wars" are always disagreeable--and the one who screams of war is equally so. But the historical truth remains that the conquered city or nation has nearly always overcome its victor in turn, either mentally or physically; witness the fall of Rome and the power she wielded throughout the Middle Ages. The German question is more than the German question--it is the ever-recurring struggle of feudalism against chivalry, pride in power against peaceful advancement. The philosophy of Nietzsche and the kultur of Ludendorff are not things lightly to be reckoned with or disposed...
...think there is some truth in the writer's conclusion that "Holyoke House must ever stand endeared in the hearts of those who have known it, as a symbol rather than a college dormitory". It is undoubtedly a better symbol than dormitory. STUART HUCKINS 1G. October...
...American army. He believes the war a just and righteous one; but a picture of it does not require a lot of foot-notes to that effect by Mr. George Creel. Like any artist worthy of the name, Mr. Dos Passos has attempt a portrayal of the truth about human life from a given and necessarily limited point of view, striving always for unity of purpose and expression...
...begin Thursday, November 10, at 8 o'clock. The speaker will be Richard M. Cabot, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University. His general subject will be "Veracity and Its Enemies", and his first lecture will be on "Definition and Varieties of Truth and Falsehood." The time of this course will be Thursdays and Mondays at 8 o'clock...
...truth is always to be sought for and made known, no matter how unpleasant, but the assertion that Harvard has reached the apex of its glory and is launched on the period of its decay strikes me as both groundless and unpolitic...