Word: careful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...lend your money to the Government, you may be quite sure that it is going to be used for some national purpose--to prosecute the war successfully, to care for, equip, arm, and supply our soldiers in France, to be used by our Navy in ridding the seas of the murderous U boats...
...really seems impossible that a boy who had as much promise as he had should be killed that way. I have always felt that if there was a God he would take care of men who always tried to do right, as they saw the right, and for a day or two I was sick and discouraged and felt that even God had gone back on me. But I can see now that perhaps after all it was a very wonderful privilege for him to die in that way,--in defence of his country and doing his best to uphold...
Does anybody know what it is all about? Does anybody care? If I were to approach Mr. Lazarus, or Mr. Joslyn, or last but not least Mr. Tucker, and say to them: here is Harvard University, a poor sort of institution at best, but just now utterly ruined by the lamentable uncertainty as to the educational program which it is to adopt for the future; take it; take it as a gift, and do with it what you will, so long as you write no longer--would they then leap to the opportunity and reorganize us all, or would they...
...object of this is not a saving of time. The action can only be taken as an expression of relief at the end of a trying hour. Students forget that the effectiveness of speech requires a complete silence. They ignore the fact that others may care to hear what is said, that the professor is both embarrassed and outraged by their conduct. It is an unhealthy sign in the development of the cultured man. If it be thoughtlessness, let men come to think; if it be ignorance, it is time that they come to know...
...plan to rebuild the devastated sections of France through organized financing by American cities has recently been brought before the public. For example, New York and Boston could accumulate funds to rebuild Rheims, and the little towns and villages of France could be taken care of by some of our smaller cities. This idea merits serious consideration, both for its sentimental and its practical value...