Word: americans
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recently pointed out in these columns that democratic patriots should think for their country before they fight for it. The Harvard Union for American Neutrality now wishes to suggest some of the issues which must be thought out. For the fact of an overt act does not lead straight to a duty to fight Germany...
...this juncture the author's cordial appreciation of America's economic and medical support and incidentally the University's contribution is revealed. Through the words of the American in the dialogue the Briton is reminded that besides our industrial support and Red Cross service, there are 25,000 Americans actually fighting for the Entente. Special emphasis is placed upon the work of the American Red Cross...
...Have you ever heard of the Harvard Unit, for instance?" inquires the American...
...Well, I mention the Harvard Unit because it was about the first, but others are doing nobly, too. Let Harvard serve as a sample. At the outbreak of the war Harvard put down $10,000 to equip and staff the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris. Then, in June, 1915, Harvard took over one of your British base hospitals with thirty-two surgeons and seventy-five nurses. That hospital has been maintained by Harvard folk ever since; they go out and serve for three months at a time. Harvard also sent an expedition to fight typhus in Serbia. Harvard's casualty...
Everyone doubtless knows of the man who burned down his house in order to roast his pig. His problem symbolizes some aspects of our war problem. Let the roasting of the pig stand for the object of a war, let the man stand for the American people, and the house for the American civilization which is a-building. Now let us suppose the man is deliberating whether he will roast the pig, and, if so, whether by setting fire to the house. Similarly, the first question for the American people to settle is, "What are the objects...