Word: die
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their cleverness, dare to guess, we cannot say what value to place on mortality, and whether it is better that men live their allotted term of three score years and ten heedless of the fall and rise of worlds, or whether it is better that men die before their time that great deeds may be accomplished. But all men who think hold a philosophy of life. And that philosophy determines their actions...
...brave man will die for the sake of honor. Should he refuse to faint for the sake of cleanliness...
...recent raids on England by German aerial forces have inspired in the attacked country a cry for retaliation. Let the German unprotected towns be shattered by the bombs of English raiders, and German women and children die as have the English, by that blind destruction against which there is no defence...
...about 1 o'clock, and I did not get down from the post to the hospital until 4.30 with my wounded. I found him perfectly conscious and apparently not suffering. He seemed so strong and cheerful that I did not give up hope, although the doctor said he would die any minute, as the shock to his heart had been too great. Everything possible was done for him, and they allowed me to spend the night with him. He did not suffer at all, and talked rationally about the work of the section, and was much interested in the good...
...need in addition, engineers and artillery men, manufacturers, business men, doctors. If we turn all our technical school men into infantry officers, we shall have no bridges to cross, for none will be built. If we turn all our medical students into farmers, the armies at the front will die of pestilence...