Word: faithfulness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those who have faith in the democratic ideals and tendencies of Harvard are a little puzzled by this situation of the Union. As a matter of fact it is natural enough. The building was put up not long ago to meet a very real need among the student body of a common gathering place, of a headquarters for all phases of student activities. That such a need has ceased to exist we should hardly care to assert. Nevertheless with the development of student life and equipment for student organizations we must admit that the special functions which the Union once...
...accustomed forms. If we believe this we should not be here now. If we were not firmly convinced that our ideals pointed to a healthy democracy, that our plan of life offered an ever-increasing opportunity to each individual for self-realization we could hardly have built up the faith that carries us onward. We are therefore thankful that we had the facilities to offer the Radio School and the Ensign School, that other men might come here and form a fairer estimate of our way of living and of our intentions...
...nations must be founded on the realities and not the potentialities of international existence,--on what is; not what might be. The chief matter concerning which much of the discussion on this subject lies in error is that not infrequently the parties in debate place an improper degree of faith in the goodness of human nature: too much, as in the case of notable English publicists; too little, as in the case of some of our lesser statesmen in America...
...front. I regret that it will not be with my own. They are wonderful, and Europe is breathing a new air because of them. They have the vision--and the dreams of old men are coming true. I wish I could tell you the great pride and faith and elation the recognition of their spirit gives us. To be an American is today the proudest thing in the world. But even when one is not fighting as one of them--even though he wears another color, he is fighting with the American spirit and the American dream. Do you wonder...
...great tribute to Woodrow Wilson. It is an unquestioned expression of faith in him, in his methods, and in his policies, by the people of Massachusetts. No better proof than this is needed to establish the greatness of the man who has upon his shoulders the responsibility of concluding a lasting peace, and the great task of industrial and economic reconstruction that will follow...