Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...represented the finest type of young American manhood, the type that reflects the greatest credit upon our country. He had won the highest regard of all with whom he had been brought in contact. He was an ideal soldier, gay, gallant, and ever ready for duty...
...expect Yale to lose at football but if the other universities would take up war work as seriously as Yale. I believe that thousands of American lives that will be lost in battle would be saved. The United States has men in plenty but lacks trained leaders...
Bishop Lawrence stated, "I have at present a book by an American general on the training of soldiers, which says that prayer is a necessary part of a good soldier's equipment. Spiritual force is just as much needed as physical force. It was spiritual force that bought those bonds for five billions last week--the spirit of liberty, and the determination to maintain...
...dramatic, in both diplomatic and military fields of the war, is so constant and absorbing, that the casual American tends to overlook the vital changes that are slowly and surely taking place in the relations between North and South America. The friendly spirit which has intermittently characterized our Latin American policy has been overshadowed by the tactlessness which we have shown on more than one occasion. The interpretation which certain of our Presidents have placed upon the Monroe doctrine, and our only too evident fondness for buying up available islands lying off the South American coast have been construed...
...neutral rights. Latin America, emotional, idealistic, and ever ready to respond to chivalrous action, has followed suit, and already a goodly number of her states have severed relations with Germany and lent their moral support to the Allies. A great advance has been made in the feeling of Pan-American unity, which with tact and prudence on the part of our diplomats, should lead to an understanding and friendship of lasting benefit to both continents...