Word: heroisms
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...universities of England and France are bearing with cheerful heroism far more than their share of the terrible burden imposed by the present war. Without exception they have given lavishly of their very best. Many of the university grounds and buildings in Oxford and Cambridge are being used by the military and hospital authorities; the only students left in residence are cripples, Hindus, Americans, and women; most of the younger dons are at the front or on their way there, and a large proportion of the older ones are serving the cause in one way or another at home...
...expedition which sails next Saturday stands for the highest type of heroism. Its members are ready to give their lives, if necessary, to help humanity. They are going to aid a people of whom they know nothing. At the same time they are serving their own country, for if the disease ever spreads to America, its ravages would undoubtedly be terrible. The names of those who are setting out on this mission will not soon be forgotten by their University...
...College Education," by Mr. Amory, deals with the promising theme of a Maine boy's over-hasty entrance into Harvard, his pathetic attempts to conceal his failure from his father, and his heroism when he takes refuge in the ancestral sailor's life. Sluggish oceans of local color, however, have swamped the hero whom the Atlantic surges could not harm. Condensation is sadly needed. Mr. Putnam would voice the emotions of a Nietzschean Superman trying to behave like an Elizabethan gallant, with disastrous results. His Sonnet (the form should not be divided like a Petrarcan sonnet, into octet and sestet...
Would not we be willing to do likewise if our country needed us, and would not we think it most ignoble in others to ridicule the symbol of our devotion and heroism...
...appeared to go out against Goliath nobody else dared to, and it looked as though their armies would be hopelessly defeated and driven back. Just then there appeared this young shepherd. Now, David had three qualifications for going forth against Goliath. One of them was that he had the heroism to expose himself to what was believed to be absolutely certain death, and, secondly, he had the faith that he would succeed, and the third quality that he had was the good sense, the intelligence, the wisdom, call it what you please,--in short, the imagination to understand that there...