Word: hange
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stay in the struggle to the bitter end. It is not we men on the firing line who will win this war. It is you who stay at home, sacrificing comforts and money to feed and clothe us. We are under your orders, and just as long as you hang on, we will fight as well as we know how. But remember, all our support, moral and physical, comes from those who remain behind in the States. Try to impress all this on the young hopefuls in whose brains you are endeavoring to plant the seeds of English literature...
...causing the British and French to lose hope. The retreat of General Cadorna's forces is not considered a great German success, but rather a desperate gambler's throw, a final attempt to bring victory to the Teuton arms, an opportunity for the people of Berlin to hang out their flags and indulge in one of those celebrations which have become increasingly infrequent in the past months. It may eventually prove a cloud with a silver lining if the newly formed Allied War Committee, which will have supreme authority on all the fronts, succeeds in combining the disconnected activities...
With but three campaign days remaining, the true significance of the Liberty Loan must be quickly realized. Assailed on every side by the various devices of the world's greatest advertising campaign, and despite the counsel of the country's leading men, there are many who hang back. Such action will prove disastrous...
...everyone enlists, our civilian army will be unconquerable; the success of the battle is already assumed. But if many hang back, if there are skulkers and slinkers, then our courageous army is threatened with defeat, and our cause with disaster...
Within the silent sanctity of the Union the Harvard team will sit, doughty warriors of many a bygone contest, pondering deep in thought, while the cheering thousands hang breathless on their move. The decision will be made amid tumultuous joy, the eager operators will flash the word to No Man's Land; while on roofs, in trees, on catboats, in the highest mountain tops and to the far corners of the cornerless earth, uncounted receivers will take up the word, and follow the victorious play...