Word: faiths
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...never be such a Germany when peace is finally attained. The Balkan question must meet a solution now that will last for all time. The basis must be the right of all people to decide their own fate. We can only hold grimly on and fight in our faith in right until the day is at last won, until races shall be divided into nations which are natural and which will forever maintain the mutual understanding of the whole world...
Moreover, in our foreign relations we must maintain a national integrity. An Eastern invasion of Russia, no matter how strong the call of necessity, would indeed involve a breach of faith. We have no quarrel with the Russian people. A Japanese army, at the most, could penetrate but a few of the many miles toward offering an active opposition to the Central Powers. A Japanese invasion could only be a blow in the dark at Russia, a nation convulsed in the enormity of its own problems, certainly not an enemy of the Allied cause...
...inherent character of patriotism to be as blind as it is noble. Opinions formulated in the fervor of national faith are not infrequently inconsonant with truth. The American people have long been known for their fair-mindedness, but the enthusiasm of their present purpose has in many respects driven them to that bias and petty prejudice which must, above all things, be avoided. No more striking example of this tendency could be found than in the war-time position of our press. The American newspaper, in the formulation and expression of public opinion, reflects the attitude of our people. That...
...proposed from that source. It refuses all consideration for those things which bear the Imperial stamp. Now we offer no brief for the German nation. We have found in their offers no basis for a just peace. We maintain the principle that they as yet lack the good faith which is so essential to the final settlement. Yet it seems that such an intolerant attitude is the blindness of a superficial patriotism. Only by earnestly watching for a change in the feeling of their people can we come to an understanding. How else is peace ever to be attained? Though...
...these raids have been unsuccessful in any permanent advantage. A few prisoners have been taken, but no dent has been made in the lines. The raids have been generally repulsed with heavy losses. The Prussians are paying dear in their search for the elusive weak spot. We pin no faith on their ability to find...