Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...doctrine henceforth is to be exactly what we now choose to make it; but when we came to this question the uncertainty is deep and almost universal. There are those who wish to warn the European powers wholly off the South American continent; there are others who insist that we have no rights there, but that it is for our interest to have it settled by any civilized people as fast as possible, and to keep clear ourselves of all entanglements with it. Between these positions there are all degrees, and any one who thinks that public opinion is ready...
...simple process of tame submission to wrong. If this is done it will surely invite a repetition of the wrong; and in the end the American people are certain to rent this. Make no mistake. When our people as a whole finally understand the question they will insist on a course of conduct which will uphold the honor of the American flag; and we can in no way more effectively invite ultimate war than by deceiving foreign powers into taking a position which will make us certain to clash with them once our people have been fully aroused...
...jobbing timidity, the Baboo kind of statemanship, which is clamored for at this moment by the men who put monetary gain before national honor, or who are still intellectually in a state of colonial dependence on England, would in the end most assuredly invite war. A temperate but resolute insistence upon our rights is the surest way to secure peace. If Harvard men wish peace with honor they will heartily support the national executive and national legislature in the Venezuela matter; will demand that our representatives insist upon the strictest application of the Monroe Doctrine; and will farther demand that...
...learn and judge of what he writes, should be of unusual interest to those undergraduates who are contemplating journalism as a profession. Littell does not hesitate to say that journalism is not "hospitable," and that it is not the realm of the pioneer or the originator, but he does insist that by certain forms of practice, the undergraduate may fit himself the better to cope with the difficulties which will beset him in his first necessary duties...
...great difficulty to be contended with lies in the fact that many students do not regard the Reform as within the sphere of their responsibility. But is it not the duty, as well as for the interest of every citizen, in or out of college, to insist upon an honest and efficient public service, free from the control of party patronage and the political boss? And should not educated Harvard men, whose watchword is "Truth" be among the first to forward the cause of the honest and intelligent administration of public office...