Word: keenness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Such an occurrence is of course not typical. But it is warning of what may develop from a too keen sense of patriotism, however lofty...
...interesting to note that the meeting is to be held in Stockholm, in Sweden, whose sympathies, to put it mildly, are not so keen as those of Norway for the Entente...
...willing to enter on the final and most awful test of national greatness. We have never rushed blindly nor conquest-mad to war. We do not rush blindly now. We have endured beyond the point of all endurance, because the sense of justice and forebearance is so keen in us as a people that we hesitate lest one right thinking man might say we have been over-hasty. We may endure no longer, no longer if we desire honor from great nations or pride in ourselves...
...announcement of Major-General Wood's transfer to the new Southeastern Department comes as a somewhat unpleasant surprise. General Wood has been so closely connected with all military activities at Harvard during the last two years that the loss of his valuable supervision and keen interest will be regretted by the entire University. No more splendid administrative record rests to the credit of any man. Added to this he has carried on a country-wide campaign for national preparedness that has aroused the youth of this country to their patriotic responsibilities and the older generation to the shocking need...
...training themselves to be officers of a reserve army. The very first drills have proved that the men this year do not regard the instruction as a pas-time or a compulsory measure to escape from by means of any excuse. The attitude of the men is one of keen desire to learn the elementary lessons as quickly and thoroughly as possible. If this spirit continues, as we may be assured it will, the Harvard Unit of the R. O. T. C. will have a reputation second to no other in the country...