Word: bound
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...close and intimate will be shattered when men are called to make the ultimate sacrifice for the name of their country. If every there was time when the Class Day exercises and festivities should be held, if there was ever a time when the class should be bound together in the strength of common tradition, the present is that time. Class Day will be held whatever happens, and Seniors should make all preparations to make this Class Day as memorable as those of the past...
...There was no wild outburst of enthusiasm for war in either England or any of the other countries when we saw that Germany was bound to cause our entrance into the war. We knew what we were up against and realized that it was different from all former wars. The situation was much similar to the one Voltaire was placed in when he was asked if he was in favor of capital punishment and replied, 'Certainly, let the assassins begin.' The war is being fought by the Germans on Allied territory, and is being carried nearer and nearer...
...officer must exercise self-control even under the most trying circumstances, even when someone has blundered. There will be a lot of mistakes made; we expect them; they are bound to happen. But when the game begins, do your command as it is given. Back your officer, back your country, back your Government. There must be team play, regardless of whether or not we think the command is the right...
...anxiety of the last few months has been the anxiety of indecision. We have not known that to do. There is nothing more wearing on the courage of a brave people than to know that it is bound by the shackles of inaction, that in spite of all its strength it must await the weakness of the most timid of its leaders...
...these letters request detailed accounts of the men's experiences and of the work accomplished. This information together with any portraits of the men, original letters to friends, photographs illustrating their work, and whatever appears in print describing their experiences will be filed in permanent form or put in bound volumes and preserved in the Widener Library...