Word: hardships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hears, these days, of individuals spending days, or weeks in a convict prison, involving a considerable amount of hardship, to receive, at the end of the period, a certain pecuniary' reward. In the past education could be compared to effort of this sort, but its modern version is more like a ride in a Pullman car, with only the fare to pay and a tip for the porter at the end of the journey. Of course, paying the fare is sometimes an inconvenience, but most things have to be paid for, even the unreturned shirts in last week's laundry...
...Filene's suggestion thus seems feasible. Most students would forego the non-essential gift, and a mere week's "hardship" is no hardship. European nations incidentally still embrace constitutional fallacies which serve but to intensify the alluring glamor of--well, say a summer about the Sorbonne...
...pretty worthless compared to one hundred per cent Americanism. For the disabled soldier, let us do everything within reason to help him to help himself; the others, whose service has been such that it is an insult to appraise it in cash, must expect a certain amount of hardship--war never comes without it; that is no reason for adding to the country's burden of taxation, at the same time pointing a finger of scorn at Americanism. If the Legion really stands for this why not frankly amend the constitution to read--as does that...
...seeking a really broad education this is a distinct hardship. Either they must neglect their college work or they must sacrifice some of the intellectual opportunities that present themselves in and around Cambridge...
...serve one's country in time of war is the fundamental duty of every citizen. When two million men leave their homes for this purpose, the act cannot but lose its conspicuousness as an example of devotion; what hardship they may have endured during their service and the personal losses which they have often sustained through leaving their private pursuits are as regrettable as they are unavoidable. C'est la guerre. We have heard much concerning the inefficient provision for the real sufferers of the war--the disabled; if the Government has money to spend, let it spend...