Word: forgetting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first flush of patriotic ardor which swept through our colleges last April has passed away and perhaps we should rejoice to be rid of its less reasonable manifestations. But in this cooler, grimmer April of 1918 we must not forget its essential spirit. Indeed, the fact that every patriotic individual has a part to play in the war is far more apparent in the thirteenth month after our entry than it was in the first. Then the French were wresting the Chemin des Dames heights from the Germans, the British were driving the enemy at Arras, while revolutionized Russia...
...ally for the attempt, would act as a spur on the Chinese, for the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the logical line of German advance, cuts directly through Manchuria, which is Chinese territory, and a German foothold there would mean disaster for China. Need for action must compel the Chinese to forget their present internal differences and unite as a nation. German propaganda, to be sure, has been spread in China, but the split between northern and southern provinces is due purely to Chinese politics. China is united at least in sentiment against Germany. Active resistance against the Germans, therefore, would...
...third obstacle is an inadequate belief in the reality of the state. Our theory of government has made it easy for us to forget that such a thing as the state exists. Many people in this country as in Europe have been surprised by their own feelings of patriotism. We have looked on these feelings with some suspicion. What we want to do is to bolster them up with adequate reasons. We must attempt to make vivid what the state means to its citizens...
...object of this is not a saving of time. The action can only be taken as an expression of relief at the end of a trying hour. Students forget that the effectiveness of speech requires a complete silence. They ignore the fact that others may care to hear what is said, that the professor is both embarrassed and outraged by their conduct. It is an unhealthy sign in the development of the cultured man. If it be thoughtlessness, let men come to think; if it be ignorance, it is time that they come to know...
Ernest Truex, who was Very Good Eddie last season, is Gilbert this year, but he's still very good. A trifle naive and inexperienced, perhaps, but very good, nevertheless. Watching and listening to him, you can almost forget that he is only acting a part and that off-stage he has a few children of his own. What more can be said for, Mr. Truex...