Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...given a rest in today's practice but the substitutes were worked until dark. The practice consisted principally of a long signal drill. Plays to be used against Yale and Harvard were rehearsed, and many of these new formations were of a spectacular nature, and are expected to surprise even Princeton followers when tried on Saturday...
...question of the relations between the American people and the people of other lands. The people, I say; not the governments. In this great conflict, it is the people, not the rulers, who occupy the first place in our thoughts, and at the end, the people, even the women (God be praised!), will have to be considered. What ought our position to be? The situation is absolutely new in history. The problems that we shall face are not primarily political or legal problems, but human ones; the questions that we shall have to answer are questions that state themselves...
...Whittlesey, in his reply to my article of October 27, suggested "that its effectiveness depends largely on overlooking phases of those topics which it touches." If so, let me point out some of the phases overlooked even by Mr. Whittlesey. First, we have that recent and remarkable statement by Mr. Hughes to this effect: "My conception of the Presidency differs absolutely from that of Mr. Wilson. I look upon the President as the administrative head of the government. He looks upon the President as primarily the political leader and lawmaker of the nation." And they say Mr. Hughes means what...
...only trying to play her game of injuring us when necessary, as long as we would stand for it. Her vague "unsatisfactory" notes did not suggest blunt defiance. She never was directly hostile, and we do her wrong in saying she would have declared war on us even if we had broken off diplomatic relations. We also give Mr. Wilson a bit too much credit when we laud him for keeping us out of war, the only dangers of which were provoked by his weakness. P. W. WHITTLESEY...
...estimating intelligently the physical capabilities of his men. If he has stood in the ranks himself at a constrained position until nearly overcome, he will remember it when instructing, others; if he has ever been required to march several hours without a rest he will not forget it, even though he may become a colonel or a general...