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...investigations, if it proceeds in reckless fashion. A conspicuous example of the harm that can be done is the recent accusation against Mr. Schwab which, after every newspaper in the country had injured his name by its insinuations, proved to be entirely unfounded. No amount of exoneration can ever undo the injury caused by this greed for higher circulation by unfounded but exciting rumors. Newspapers can be of service only when their aim is accuracy rather than sensation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DAMAGING RUMORS | 2/3/1921 | See Source »

...have a right to elect any leader they want, but they would do well to lot reason dictate their action. All nations, although without authority to interfere, hope that Greece will not make the mistake of recalling a man who was a pro-Hohenzollern during the war. It would undo much of the work accomplished by Venizelos--and no one did more to prosper Hellenic aspirations. It would complicate exceedingly the near-Eastern problem in which all Europe is interested. It would repudiate Greece as one of the Allies. It is to be hoped that the Greeks will take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WARNING TO GREECE | 12/4/1920 | See Source »

...should know better than James L. Knox '98 that football "dopesters" are more apt to be wrong than right, that grim determination on one side and overconfidence on the other can undo in a week a season of victories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNTING THE CHICKENS | 11/16/1920 | See Source »

...nation is endeavoring by the current method, which is all that it may use, to wipe out eternally the anarchy of national war. And here, when all our strength is needed for our purpose, a group of egoists strives to undo our endeavor, and to substitute individual anarchy, to reduce us to the law of barbarians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANARCHY AND LIBERTY | 6/18/1917 | See Source »

...with the greatest care a progressive course of training, comprising ample instruction for the average man to pass these final tests creditably. A few men, too selfish to sacrifice a part of their leisure time for the good of the majority, can spoil the appearance of the Regiment, and undo the efforts of their comrades in ranks. A little sacrifice of pleasure now may mean the future, as well as the immediate, success of the Harvard Regiment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REGIMENTAL SLACKER. | 5/19/1916 | See Source »

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