Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...insist upon is that we shall know the facts and that we shall be sincere. We should be very sure that it is the truth by which our hearts are stirred. Once we are sure of our facts we should ask only to feel as honest, self-respecting human beings, neither trailing humbly in the wake of an Emperor nor pretending to be holier than God made us. --New York Tribune...
...peace. It is merely a method, embodying far-reaching principles,--a method that is applicable equally to good or to evil. Thus we find science today contributing impartially to the means of destroying life and of preserving it, and to the modes of inflicting pain and of relieving human misery...
...eating Y. M. C. A. food. The truth is that the American soldier is off-duty more than on, and decent recreation is essential. Sending extra footballs for the athletic man is a much better Christmas present than a few pounds of chewing gum or similar trench luxuries. Such human gifts are always more appreciated than useless luxuries from a loving family...
January 20.--Dr. G. H. Wright '03 on "Teeth and their Relation to Human Ailments; a Plea for Conservation...
This feeling of recoil, even of hatred, is human enough to be easily comprehensible, but does its stimulation into a frenzy hasten or retard our war-making and is it, therefore, to be encouraged or discouraged? We fail to see how an American, by refusing to hear an orchestra play the music of Mozart or Beethoven, either spites or weakens the Kaiser or adds a bit to our fighting strength. Why not keep our energies within effective channels. --Boston Advertiser...