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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...opportunity of congratulating the author of that brief paragraph--who appears to have been too yellow to sign his own name to it--on the success of his little hoax. But it might be well to remind him, at the same time, that unpleasant things have been known to happen to people that acquire the habit of using other persons' signatures without their consent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another Disclaimer. | 4/4/1918 | See Source »

...need of reality, independence and old-fashioned devotion was emphasized by Mr. Eddy in his remarks. "We must have reality of faith, conviction that the hand of God has marked out a path for us to follow," he said. "We cannot tell what may happen. It is even conceivable that we may lose this war, and that is a thing for you to ponder well. Yet even so, great things have come from periods of loss, of chaos and of defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOLD OF DUTIES IN WAR TIME | 1/14/1918 | See Source »

...sort of dream to wonder what would happen if great men of former times came back to look on the present. We have been told what Abraham Lincoln would have thought of the war; we have heard what opinion Louis XIV would have held of the initiative and referendum; it has even been suggested how Isaiah would have received Billy Sunday. Strangely, however, no one has ever informed us of Phillips Brooks' words, should he enter Phillips Brooks House. For the Bishop was an inveterate smoker. He purchased a brand of long, black cigars, which were not labeled Colorado Claro...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OLD ORDER | 12/8/1917 | See Source »

...even if the worst should not happen, and these eventualities be avoided, yet the moral effect upon the Central Powers is certain to work against peace. The extremists, led by Hindenburg, Ludendorf and Mackensen, will inevitably regain the upper hand, Austria will revive in courage, and as a corollary, the discontented elements in the allied nations will make use of this opportunity to embarrass their governments. The immediate future seems black indeed; only constructive statesmanship of the first order can counter the discouragement and distress. But if the justice and unselfishness of our cause is sufficiently felt, then defeat should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ITALIAN ROUT. | 10/30/1917 | See Source »

...corps shivers on Soldiers Field the student-soldier wonders what is going to happen when winter really comes. Hemenway Gymnasium used to harbor us successfully last year, but now that the Radio School lives there we cannot use it; even if it were available, it would be inadequate, for by December we will be too advanced to spend the winter in the gentle art of right facing. Like Germany, we must expand and like her we have no place to go. Somebody will have to think and do it thoroughly to solve the problem. Unless we find an armory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTER DRILL. | 10/17/1917 | See Source »

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