Talk:Nicholas Murray Butler
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A lot of this entry seems to be copied almost verbatim from the Nobel.org bio. I think it violates copyright - needs to be rewritten. Anyone? Bruxism 02:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
The May 11, 2006 NY Review of Books article on Jane Addams mentions Butler as "the authoritarian president of Columbia University who had sacked several of his own professors for opposing World War I"; how does this comment square with his involvement with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace? What were those pesky professors up to? May 2, 2006
- Don't see anything contradictory - a lot of people supported WWI and then got all big on international peace in the aftermath. john k 04:24, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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- That was the War To End All Wars, was it not? So one could have supported it in the hope that its successful conclusion would lead to permanent peace.Hi There 07:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
