Word: aloofness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first glance the foundation of a fellowship whereby a single English student may study at the University may not seem to be of much importance. Yet, if the educated classes of England and the United States hold aloof from one another, the chance for the real international friendship which comes of long acquaintance will be small indeed. It took the actual comradeship of the front line trenches, stripping away social mannerisms and prejudices, to teach the American soldier in France to like and respect the Briton. Unfortunately, it is impossible to stage a war very frequently to promote international good...
...most unfortunate that conditions at the University are such that students coming from foreign lands remain almost completely aloof from their fellows of American blood. Mr. Hood pointed out in his communication of last Monday the great barriers intervening between us and our guests from abroad which not only prevent them from obtaining little more than a superficial knowledge of American customs and culture but also shut us out from the profit we might enjoy from associating more closely with them. He suggested certain remedies for the situation,--to wit, the mingling of foreign students with American in dormitories...
...determination so to organize itself that justice shall take the place of violence, and that the predatory state shall be restrained, by force if need boy from a wanton resort to arms. No one nation can do this, nor can it be done if the United States stands aloof. The time has come to take part in a League of Nations to maintain an enduring peace here and elsewhere. We must finish the work we have begun until the principle for which we fight stands victorious and unquestioned...
...known, as one might say, "Mr. and Mrs. Jones, I am a sailor, a gentleman and a human being, just like everyone else," and the reply was, "Glad to meet you, Mr. Sailor; Mrs. Jones and I mean to be hospitable and neighborly. You have no reason to hold aloof and consider us as 'unfriendly civilians.' Come over to dinner Sunday...
...proofs of Harvard's difference from other colleges. The existence of such a magazine indicated, vaguely enough to be sure, a desire to think things through, to reject ready-made opinions for the mere reason that they were ready-made, to hold a little aloof from current lanes of thought. Such a spirit, only too rare in our land of gigantic uniformities, and almost non-existent in our colleges, gave one hope that here at least a leaven was working which would ultimately transform American thought from the flabby courageless thing it is into something new and liberating...