Word: worldness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...selection of Professor Fay by the Bureau of International Research reflects an honor upon a man who has proved himself to be a brilliant and indefatigable scholar. Indeed there are many who will wonder what origins of the world war Professor Fay could have overlooked in his two widely known volumes on the subject. To the lay mind his work has the stamp of absolute finality...
...further research which Professor Fay will carry on while in Europe promises to be of value not only to future historians but for statesmen of today. The question of war guilt still perplexes the world and is a basic disturbing factor in the relations of the various countries...
...getting down to the bed-rock of national consciousness Professor Fay can be of the greatest service to those who are working in the cause of world peace...
...college has decided that all shall share a similar fate. Just at the time when the rugs have been laid on the floor and the furniture has begun to assume a natural air--then does the iron hand of the law drive the exiles out into the world to seek a new lodging. While the affair makes admirable copy for metropolitan newspapers and will amuse countless burghers in numerous cities, the students involved must have sentiments much akin to those of the banished Huguenots and the Moors of Spain...
After all, one of the finest things about Boston is that it is one of the best places to go away from in the world. Rocky coast, sandy beach, blue-grey hills are all within easy striking distance. Consequently the effects of week-ending at Harvard are not usually so dire as those reported from the institutions which are situated in the country, and whose undergraduates therefore feel an attraction to the slightly spurious delights of the metropolis...