Word: discern
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...surest road to academic promotion. He would invariably admit the force of their arguments, and occasionally make an heroic effort to get started on a monograph; then some 'chore' would turn up, which others might regard as a burden to get rid of, but in which he would discern an opportunity for important service,-and the book or article would be set aside, and the job that was immediately necessary performed in its stead. Harvard was invariably the gainer by his self-sacrifice. No university can go on without the sort of devotion that he gave. It is only...
...control, and not permit nervous excitement to distract him from his other work. When the proper moment comes, and not before, he will be asked to give his whole time to military preparation. Those who are not in the training corps will be wise to wait until they can discern the path of their greatest usefulness. That will not take very long; and it is far better to choose aright than to choose quickly. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL...
...Most important, it seems to me, is this: the aeroplanes are the eyes of an army or navy, making it possible to discern movements of the enemy and to direct artillery fire. One man in the air is worth 100 on the ground. I believe that 100 aeroplanes would be sufficient for reasonable coast patrol and that 1000 would provide defense against any hostile fleet of aeroplanes. Yet 10,000 aeroplanes would cost less than 10 battleships...