Word: honored
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...little sacrifice that the law student is making who gives up the study of a serious profession for the life of a soldier or sailor. The Law School authorities have done their part, and have facilitated the termination of the lawyers' work in every possible way. All honor to the noncombatant patriots...
...actuality of war has called out the loyalty of our young men. They have undertaken service in that spirit of adventure which is characteristic of youth, and in that spirit of patriotism which is the honor of our race. The Faculty has done all in its power to encourage this kindled loyalty by holding early examinations, and by giving academic credit for military work. As a result many men have gone into service without restriction, where under a less generous or less far-seeing regime they might have suffered scholastically for their patriotism...
...need further explanation, but if it should be urged that although the form of government is different, Porto Rico has enjoyed as great a degree of material prosperity under American domination, as Cuba, my answer would be that the descendants of Don Quixote think more highly of their honor than of their bodily comfort. For myself, I say that I prefer a thousand times self-support with all the troubles and vicissitudes which it entails to the shelter and comfort of the walls of Sing Sing. And to the Sanchos who would ridicule my typical Latin sentimentality, let the noble...
Wars are not won by pretty uniforms. Yet men who have pride enough in themselves to keep up the honor of the uniform they wear are apt to be the kind of men who have courage enough not to fail in the crucial hour...
Olive-drab is the badge of a nation's fighting men. There must be no disregard of the uniform, no use of a part of it as a convenient riding or golfing costume. Men who are going to fight bravely must dress and carry themselves in accord with the honor of that lofty cause which draws their allegiance...