Word: know
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...year of war has come and gone. The American people have felt its burdens and now bear them with each day's increase. They know that they are engaged in a struggle which is sapping every energy and which is beginning an unlimited drain upon their every resource. Their response has been not only sufficient, but has been given in the spirit of willingness which is the great source of this nation's strength. This week they are called upon to contribute to the American Red Cross. That they will not be found wanting can only be assured through...
...Civilization as we know it has reached a point where it must preclude war or perish by war and war can be precluded only by a conquest of the world by a single power, or by an organization of many nations to prevent its recurrence...
...taking more courses and military training, and are indulging in far more outside work. It is for this very reason, perhaps, that they found the war so convenient a means evading and half-heartedly accomplishing tasks which they are called upon to perform. "These are war-times, you know, and present demands make it impossible for me to do this," is the common attitude. The fallacy of lack of time has gained great headway among our student body and has come to permeate the daily experience...
...words came as a shock to us; we have been fed up with so many compliments on the excellence of every maneuver we execute that we did not know what to make of this man who openly told us we were distinctly bad. Not that the University minds being told that it has faults; it does not. But what aroused us was the fact that each and every member of the R. O. T. C. has known right along that things were in a bad way. We have known it, we have discussed it, and then we have blundered along...
...estimated by those who are in position to know that the German army today numbers approximately 5,300,000 men. From her own resources Germany can add annually to this a total of 600,000 at the maximum. The problem before the Allies is one of inflicting casualties at a rate higher than this national increase. During the last month and a half no less than 300,000 Germans have fallen. The possibility of defeating Germany by a slow weakening of her manpower is therefore one of very practical importance...