Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...soldiers entered the ranks reluctantly and left gladly. They served in the spirit of the Shakesperian soldier, who said 'Cheer me on that we may reap the harvest of peace from this one act of bloody war!' They found treason and left loyalty, and made the name of American citizenship the proudest passport that a man can early throughout the entire world...
...passed into history, but the great lesson should always be with us; it taught men how to command, and what is more difficult--how to obey. It taught patriotism and the appreciation of liberty, not unbridled license, but that liberty which recognizes obedience. It taught the earth that the American flag is not just a piece of bunting which can be bought at any time for a song, but that it is the emblem of dignity and power of a great Republic, which can never be insulted but millions will spring to its defence...
...upon, and as he rose the graduates cheered and clapped. A mighty welcome to a great man which lasted several minutes. During his seeech Mr. Eliot said, "Harvard is today not only a national college, but it is intensely democratic to the core, and not only Harvard, but the American college, has justified itself to the American people...
...make up two satisfactory university crews, and on March 15 he took Kelley and Weed out of the University boat and placed them in the junior university crew at No. 3 and stroke respectively. This junior crew was eligible for the race for junior intercollegiate eights at the American Henley Regatta as there was not a man in the boat who had rowed in a four-mile intercollegiate contest. The junior crew continually defeated the university crew with ease in all practice races, and the university crew was kept together merely as a matter of form. Conditions on the lake...
Both the Cornell crews had light work. The University crew especially showed great improvement in form and speed over its work as seen at the American Henley Regatta. The lake was very rough during the practice of the crews, and the weather was extremely hot with repeated showers...