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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...suitable motor; our Liberty Motor answered their doubts. We proved to them that we could produce in sufficient quantities not only motors, but whole machines. Finally we convinced them that we could make the requisite number and quality of propellors,--a difficult problem. One can not help but express considerable satisfaction at the task we have accomplished under the skilled guidance of our allies...
There must still be undergraduates who not only read but think, and express their thoughts in simple, clear and forceful language. It cannot be that all the men who think have gone to the war, or, going, are treasuring their thoughts for slim posthumous volumes of the now familiar type. If things worth printing are still written in Cambridge, the Advocate editors still fail, after all the scolding they have been given of late, to lay eager hands upon the desirable manuscripts. With the Monthly eliminated, the Advocate ought to be able to get all of the best that Harvard...
...notch form and more than eager for the fray, the countless thousands who will attend can be sure of a spectacular clash between the old-time rivals. The battle will be open to the public and the sympathizers with the players of each team will be allowed to express their sympathies actively, by joining in the strife and supporting their favorites in time of need...
These few words fully express the whole spirit of Prussianism. The training of years has done its work. The German has been led to pour out his blood to as full measure as any of his opponents, but he knows not why. As he pays tribute to his comrades who have fallen, the most glorious thing he can say is that they "died for their Kaiser." What free men will offer their lives to the ambitions of a single leader? It passes the imagination of us who are fighting for great ideals that such a thought could be widely accepted...
...pure admiration, our gratitude and our love, is our duty-a duty which we should grasp as a privilege. Our men will be none the less warriors because we remember them with letters and gifts. They are carrying our burdens, upholding our honor-and I for one desire to express as best I can the deep personal obligation I owe the youth who has taken my place in the ranks. I want him to know my feeling. I want him to know that so far as my means and strength will allow, I intend to back...