Word: bearings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...appreciate their obligations and have conducted themselves in a manner out of harmony with the safety of the empire. In mixing home rule and conscription, England has blundered both as regards justice and expediency. Irish conscription we must have; and home rule we may have, but the two bear no direct relation to each other...
...year of war has come and gone. The American people have felt its burdens and now bear them with each day's increase. They know that they are engaged in a struggle which is sapping every energy and which is beginning an unlimited drain upon their every resource. Their response has been not only sufficient, but has been given in the spirit of willingness which is the great source of this nation's strength. This week they are called upon to contribute to the American Red Cross. That they will not be found wanting can only be assured through...
...truth fully occupies his time is a rarity indeed. To beg off from added duties because of the war and its demands is in almost every case a popular but invalid excuse. The cry of lack of time comes quickly to the lips, but it does not bear up under the conditions which govern the lives of the great majority...
...perpetuity of the fighting spirit of the American people, and a token and promise of glorious days to come, when the young soldiers now in France, themselves looking back upon fifty years of honorable citizenship, their days lengthened in the light of their country's gratitude, will bear aloft on our Boston streets the same untiring standard of liberty. --Boston Transcript...
...canvass for bond subscriptions will begin next Monday and continue until one week after the close of the spring vacation. The new loan is to be for $3,000,000,000, of which New England is expected to supply a sum of $250,000,000. The bonds will bear interest at 4 1-4 percent, and those of the first and second loans may be converted into bonds of the new issue. The latter, however, will not be convertible into any future issue...