Word: ever
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with our material wealth, they must now be faced with the lives of our fellow men. The end is remote, perhaps scarcely evident, yet in its reality and in the necessity of its consummation, it must stand before us as the greatest cause for which American civilization has ever striven. On this day we may be glad we are Americans, unshaken by the arduous years which are before...
...sorrow over it that have given me this confidence and determination. I realize now and I only wish that every man, woman and child in this country could and would realize that we are up against the wickedest and most powerful force of evil that the world has ever seen, and that it is going to be a gruelling conflict that will test our country right up to the breaking point,--a finish fight, with no holds or blows barred, that will take every grain of sand we have, and every ounce of fighting strength...
...nation is coming in behind the country stronger than ever in this loan and we hope that Harvard will follow up her spirit as shown in the R. O. T. C., by subscribing more heavily than ever. There is no reason why you, by pledging some of your possible future pleasures, can not all help to carry this loan 'over the top' to the greatest success, and, incidentally, establish a principle of saving that will stand all of you in good stead at all times in the future...
...been so apparent; nevertheless, the tendency for slighting the studies is prevalent among the undergraduates. It is evident they are expecting clemency under present conditions. But such expectations should not be cherished. The country's position in the war necessitates that there should be less laxity than ever...
...there are traces of the enemy spirit which we have left in ourselves. Profiteering, for example, is the chief representative among us of the German idea,--the very thing we are fighting against. There is probably less profiteering in America in this war than in any other we have ever fought, and more fine examples of sacrifice of personal interest on the part of large business. What we have chiefly got to do is to clear out the last remnant of the old evil. This can best be done by treating a few conspicuous examples as traitors are treated...