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...Washington said one the thing which will be eternally true so long as nations shall exist: "There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion, which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard." "A just pride" would prompt us not to place our trust in the altruism of other nations, for every other nation in the world, until man's nature shall be revolutionized, will have its own interest to observe and its own enlightened selfishness to guide its path. America...
...have come to a crisis in the prosecution of the war. When a great confiagration breaks out, it is no time to train carpenters for rebuilding the devastated area. In the same way all men must discard thoughts of the future when they may turn their energies to the present. When those who are of real potential aid to their country have enlisted their lives in its service, they will have assured the future as no college training can ever do. The duty of every red-blooded man is clear. When Harvard enrolment is drained to but a spectre...
Further announcements were also made as to the regulations for training in the spring term. With the end of vacation the Corps will discard their blouses and barracks caps for everyday wear in Cambridge and will appear in shirts and campaign hats. In wearing the uniform to Boston or other places, however, the blouse and barracks cap will be worn...
...Douglas Haig may discard his shoulder straps and his ivory-hilted sword, because he has proved his rank and worth and needs no adventitious aid. Arrived great men in all societies are usually simple in their tastes. But novices in the profession of arms are keyed to higher striving by symbols of office. Be tolerant, therefore, and philosophical in the midst of uniforms. --Boston Advertiser...
...many instances when the musical aspirants discard old instruments they thoughtlessly allow the cast-off to be broken or rendered discordant by exposure to steam heat. Maimed soldiers in the French hospitals would like to put these instruments to good service; for many of the wounded find music one of the few forms of amusement open to them; and some of the seriously disfigured are attempting to learn to play as a future means of support when they leave the hospitals. This form of charity offers an opportunity for a gift of real consequence, which necessitates no privation...