Word: come
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have heard the war summons, and now we will come...
...subject of Captain Jensen's talk. Of the 1,500 men originally in the Black Watch Regiment, in which Captain Jensen holds a commission, only three are now living. Captain Jensen himself has been wounded 11 times, and seriously affected by poisonous gases. He has, in fact come to this country in order to receive special treatment to rid himself of lung trouble that has been caused by these gases...
...Corps marched gallantly down the street towards Soldiers Field. To anyone watching a thrill of power must have come at this epitomized unison and strength. Two peasant women from some state in Southern Europe stood stolidly looking at the companies go past. They watched dully and stupidly. On the head of each was balanced a huge overtopping bundle which must have rested not lightly on the cushions of their brains. They were of the ruled class of Europe...
...This can never be done, however, so long as the American public remains apathetic to the shipping problem. Obsolete restrictive legislation must be repealed and friendly laws substituted; the accomplishment of this will come only from an enlightened public opinion. It is in the formation of this opinion that College men can perform a valuable and truly patriotic service because our centres of learning must be well-springs of correct opinion...
...which it holds America when it sent Marshal Joffre here as an ambassador to consult concerning the common warfare against the single enemy. That one act would have served as strong proof to us of our spiritual relation with the great republic of Europe, whose liberties we have long come to regard as unalterably bound...