Word: forgetting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that fought side by side fast fades away; the inspiration of the cause has been obscured. But a deeply precious thing remains--the memory of those who in the glowing spirit of self-sacrifice gave their lives for all that we hold dean. They died for naught if we forget that by their death they taught the use of life. Unselfish was the aim for which these lives were given. Let not their comrades, or those who could not join the ranks, lose the high thoughts that filled their souls. Let not crude selfishness, of man or group, kindred...
...addict and a squirrel cap. Of course, the volume would seem more pleasing if the old theme of the opera singer and the wily conductor were not made so prominent, but the absence of the traditional sleuth with his magnifying glass is enough of a relief to make one forget this trifling triteness...
...McSweeney that is important, but his obviously hyphenated attitude, an attitude which tends more every day to become characteristic of the politicians who imagine that they may thus appeal to American citizens of Irish origin. If we are to have a nation we must forget all sorts of hyphenated Americanism. They hyphen is bad simply because it is a hyphen. The last things that the vast majority of Americans want, or can afford, or ought to have, is a war with Great Britain. However just the cause of any other country may be, there stands above it the cause...
...last Terry has consented to recognize our mental superiority without unnecessary trials and has promised to forget all cuts for the day. We don't know where we're going--but what's the odds? We wouldn't get there if we had a pocket map. Just send your cup and tuck away some of the Right Stuff for future use. Then stand...
Everybody must obtain their outfit from the Coop by this afternoon. Tomorrow morning at 8.30 all those going on the picnic will assemble on the steps of the Widener Library. Don't forget to put on your overalls. Be on time! We must be on our way to Boston by 8.45. Tuck a goodly sum in your pocket. You will be given a chance to use it. You go from here to Rowe's Wharf. There you board a boat which will take you to a secluded spot near Nantasket where, with refreshments, the University Band and the proximity...