Word: dying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Emerge alive, on then, to die...
...conflict between the embittered adherence to this cause and loyalty to the nobler humane ideals of medicine is the burning theme. The right to strike seems to them indubitable until they are faced with the imminent possibility of allowing Ben Ormerod's wife to die unattended in childbirth...
...Lord Cecil uttered them for Britain, and added: "It is our business henceforward to be sternly practical. . . The League is the greatest international fact of our day." M. de Jouvenal uttered them for France, and added that nations must not go to sleep as the echoes of one war die away and expect to awake in safety as the next one rumbles in the offing, but must make mutual sacrifices to attain mutual gains...
Despatches indicated that the French advance outnumbered the Riffian defenders by ten to one. Nevertheless, the almost fanatically dauntless tribesmen, certain of Paradise if they die in battle, weathered the terrific preliminary barrage, attacked the infantry at close quarters with deadly curved knives, and finally had to be tracked, bayonetted and bludgeoned into submission. Abd-el-Krim, never backward at war, received a shrapnel wound in the leg while directing the defense of Bribane; was rushed by loyal tribesmen to a safe distance...
...extra-curricular work? No one can tell you. It is an individual problem and a problem that each student must solve if he is to attain his ultimate goal of self-discovery. It is a problem just as real in later life as in college. Most men live and die without ever knowing their capacity. Here lies the greatest benefit to be had from outside activities. The wise student will use them to this end, will make the proper adjustment between his studies and his other interests, and will get the most out of Harvard...