Word: heroically
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...become very magnificent, for as people loved him so they would give, and the amount would be large. Of course, that might be controlled. Individual subscriptions could be limited to a nominal amount. But then, what kind of a monument are we talking about? Do we mean something in heroic art, like an equestrian figure on a mountain in silhouette against the sky, or something for the service of mankind...
...Roosevelt, ever vigorous and logical, threw the whole-weight of his passionate personality and far-reaching fame into the scale for righteousness. From the first, his fervid and uncompromising loyalty to Allied principles, finding expression in lucid eloquence, has been like a furnace keeping the nation in an heroic glow of patriotic exaltation...
...military training this fall, Captain Morize had a very large part in the preparation of the R. O. T. C. men for service in the war. Many a University man, trained under his experienced direction, now lies among the honored dead on French soil, or survives among the heroic soldiers of America. Consequently, we feel that he has helped the University to play the proud and leading part which it has been her good fortune to have in the war for freedom...
...present time, John Gallishaw, a former member of this University, is recovering from wounds received while fighting with the American Expeditionary Force in France. Most of us know of his heroic work with the Newfound-landers at Gallipoli, but the finest part of his career has been scarcely mentioned. After recovering from very serious wounds received in action, he was discharged from the British army as a veteran unfit for further service, and returned to America. When we declared war, however, and the draft was put in to effect, he was called for examination. In spite of his recent marriage...
...worth while when they have as their basis patriotic actions. Speech is cheap. An insincere man can often utter as noble words as one of undoubted sincerity. High-sounding verbosity will never defeat Germany, nor will it go far toward arousing others of our nation to action. A single heroic death in France, the simple report, "Killed in action," is far more effective than the words of all the statesmen of America...