Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...vote is not an expression of mob prejudice, nor of blind militarism. It is the earnest opinion of a thousand men who believe they see the necessities which their nations must face. It is our earnest belief that those who showed themselves opposed would, when put to the test, do their share towards preserving the prestige of their country, no less than more "militaristic" thinkers...
...adjusted, enables us to see and realize our dreams; but if the focus is destroyed or if the glass becomes indistinct through improper manipulation, the image fades, and only a confused blur is distinguishable. Use the instrument properly and it will aid you invaluably, abuse it, and it will blind you hopelessly...
...indifferent to the odd moment. We are blind to its possibilities careless of the opportunities it offers. We squander them in prodigal wastefulness. If we do not have an hour or more available for a certain task, we let the precious moments slip by. We postpone until a more convenient time tasks which might be started and possibly finished. We plan our lives on a slip-shod basis. And then we wonder why our college careers are barren of achievement...
...nation's engaged in it. May we not hope that the universal striving for inner reconstruction, the newly-awakened longing for a higher civic consciousness, the ideal of a national life devoted to the cultivation of the highest powers of the individual, will finally quench the blind passions and violent hatreds inflamed by the war, so that a regenerated Europe will more firmly-than ever before, believe in international brotherhood...
...Blind patriotism is as great a factor as any in the present devastation of Europe. Nations unreasoningly believe that right and the God of right war together with them, but somewhere there must be a limit to the desirability of unreasoning loyalty...