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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have been brought up in the doctrine that a Christian cannot fight, because he cannot hurt those whom he loves. Jesus, in his Sermon on the Mount, said, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you" (MATT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Hearst | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

Surely Jesus did not mean, "Be too proud to fight," but rather, "Be too loving to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Hearst | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

Second, Reader Knapp makes fun of the Christian doctrine 'Too proud to fight.' I do not believe this is a Christian doctrine. If Christ said: "Peace on earth and good will towards men," then surely He would not advocate such clamor and strife as war. He would fight for the right, but if war is right, if killing the pick of our men is right, certainly Christ would not have said: "Peace on earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Hearst | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...suggest that you send the young man the enclosed pamphlet entitled "Other Things the Army Does Besides Fight," an address delivered by Mr. Weeks when he was Secretary of War? He will probably refuse to read it, or, if he does read it, he will do so as superficially as he read that part of the Scout Manual quoted by you in answer to his letter. . . . I feel certain that if ever Kingsley Bleeds, it will NOT be from wounds received in defense of the innumerable benefits he enjoys as a member of this nation-benefits won and preserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Hearst | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...volume. It is designed to guide the most meticulous motor tourist from spot to spot along all the fronts where U. S. troops went into action. The- exploits and reverses of each different division are mapped in separate colors. Curt accompanying narratives enable the tourist to follow, or fight over again in memory, the entire Argonne campaign, for example- Montfaucon, Vauquois, Grand Pre, Sommerance, Romagne, Cunel, Nantilleis, Brieulles sur Bar, etc., etc., with 500 pictures selected from the 100,000 on file in Washington and many more in England, France, Belgium, Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Pershing Publishes | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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