Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...opinions and emotions. "We hate as one," said Lissauer's Hymn of Hate, and that was good German system, organization, propaganda. Here we work out our national salvation on a different plan. The individual rules. Tell him the facts and let him react as he wills. So runs the American idea...
What we suggest is that the American people be left alone to hate or not to hate exactly as their individual consciences and hearts decide. Hate is destructive, a terrible thing to arouse. But there are times when it is a sound instinct of self-preservation--as sound as the instinct to fight. Just whom we shall hate (if we are impelled to hate at all), whether only the Kaiser, or only the Junkers, or the whole German nation, is equally a matter for individual thrashing out. The only criterion we can insist upon is that we shall know...
...following colleges through the secretary of their alumni associations or through other officials have pledged their support to the rally which will be held for the benefit of the American University Union in Paris...
...American forces occupy more trenches, and as their losses constantly increase, the demand for surgeons will grow. At present a large force is needed to prevent sickness, but an even larger one will be necessary in a few months to repair the injuries caused by the Boches. These men must come from special institutions with special training, for doctors do not rise from the ranks. Just as some students are given particular instruction that they may become line officers, so others must learn the medical profession. The duty of anyone who has intended to study medicine is to follow...
...Escadrille, downed two German aviators within a short time, his first victories in the air. Details of these combats have not yet been received in Paris. Both Hitchcock and Putnam have been on the battle front for less than three months and have not yet been transferred to the American Army...