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Show , •*"?•% • '; ". ticeship to ten years, abolition of injunctions, the initiative, referendum and recall, the liberation of the Filipinos, Irish,Eiffs, Egyptians and Hindus. I have sometimes spoken thus to a class of seniors : " There are about seventy nations in the world. Now, which would be better? To reduce these nations to about fifteen or to divide them up. into, say, three hundred ?" Fully three-fourths of the hands will go up in favor of reducing the number of nations. "Then," I would say to them, " how does it happen that your synippies are with every faction anywhere struggling to get free from governmental control ?" mil Or I might say^to them, "Suppose Long Island, because it is an island, should insist on separating from New York state and setting up as a sovereign state itself. Would it succeed? Then I would show them that the nearness of Ireland to Great Britain has a relation to her aspirations for absolute independence. It is most interesting to watch the intelligence of the average Jewish youth in discussing all sorts of live topics. One day I asked a section to 15 |
