In1915IwenttoColumbiaUniversityandstudiedunderProfessorJohnDeweyuntilthesummerof1917， ’sinspiration, Iwrotemydissertationon “TheDevelopmentoftheLogicalMethodinAncientChina,” whichmademerereadthephilosophicalwritingsofancientChinaandlaidthefoundationforallmylaterresearchesinthehistoryofChinesethought.
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Duringmy7yearsinAmerica, Ihadmanyextra-curricularactivitieswhichprobablyhadasmuchinfluenceonmylifeandthoughtasmyuniversitywork.
WhenlatertheInternationalPolityClubswerefounded, undertheleadershipofNasmythandNormanAngell, Iwasoneofthemostactivemembersandparticipatedintheirfirsttwoannualconferences.In1916IwasawardedtheInternationalPolityClubPrizeformyessayon “IsThereaSubstituteforForceinInternationalRelations?” inwhichIexpoundedthephilosophyofaleagueofnationsontheideaoflawasorganizedforce.
MyreadingofIbsen, JohnMorley, ’’sessay, “OnCompromise,” firstrecommendedtomebymygoodfriendMissEdithCliffordWilliams, “aprinciple, ifitbesound, , , todepriveconductofnobleness, andcharacterofelevation.”
: “Givemesuchevidenceaswouldjustifymeinbelievinganythingelse, andIwillbelievethat （theimmortalityofman）., andIwillnotrestmylifeandmyhopesuponweakerconvictions.” Huxleyhasalsosaid, “Themostsacredactofaman’slifeistosayandtofeel ‘Ibelievesuchandsuchtobetrue.’ Allthegreatestrewards, andalltheheaviestpenaltiesofexistence, clinguponthatact.”
