Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...tocsin of a hundred million people speaking one wrath and one purpose. It was, it is, our answer to the great gun in the woods of St. Gobain, shelling the churches on Good Friday. It stoops to no further mockery of argument or negotiation, yet says as definitely as human voice ever spoke "In the name of God and humanity, and of a just and permanent peace to a free world, NO TREATIES MADE THIS SIDE THE RHINE." --The Outlook...
...doing, our bit, but very few our utmost. John Gallishaw's "bit" at Gallipoli surpasses what many even think of doing, but he did more, his utmost. When anyone believes that his labor is as much as can be expected of any human being, it will be an inspiration to recall the work of this...
...This war, I hope, is going to end the power of force in the world, but it is not going to end time nor blot out the human race. The future is going to demand leadership as the past has demanded it. Young men who have the opportunity to obtain liberal education should not, through more patriotic feelings and because they are fearful that somebody will allude to them as slackers, drop this training and rush indiscriminately into the army...
...prosecution of the war. Before doing away with Class Day in the Stadium we must consider what it means in the lives of those who remain as well as what it means in the conservation of the nation's energy and resources. Moderation is the keynote of all successful human action. In the accomplishment of economy it is no exception. Traditions which are now broken will perhaps never again come into being. Let us think well before Class Day in the Stadium becomes a thing of the past...
...other ways the development is equally clear. Taking into consideration human failings and realizing that human nature cannot change in a night, it is nevertheless scarcely too much to say that the selfish individualism of the past is giving way, in part at least, to a broader sense of altruism. Men today are beginning to care more about the well-being of their fellows. They are establishing means of recreation, industrial insurance and institutions for the betterment of the ordinary lot. The doctrine of allowing every man to shift for himself is a thing of the past...