Word: lets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...dangers that are now so imminent. This very minute when the granting of power to the President is the only means by which this country can fulfill the recognized functions of a respected country, a few Senators are still consciously swayed by party influence and forget the nation. Let them serve as an example to the majority in the University. The present crisis demands a leader. The country has elected a leader. The one great American Party issues the call to all citizens. May the University respond as one man and support the President...
...sophistical distinctions based on mere surface factors. Critics of Germany's submarine warfare constantly stress the fact that, whereas Great Britain's Orders in Council result merely in financial loss to the United States, Germany's warfare, on the other hand, is aimed at the lives of American citizens. Let us examine, for a moment, this contention. Germany declares, to be sure, that the lives of Americans entering the recently established war zone are thereby endangered, and repudiates all respon- sibility for their safety. But have we forgotten that it was the British Admiralty which, in November, 1914, took...
Harvard and the country should not be blinded by a few thousand men enlisted in college training corps or the future possibility of universal training, and forget the immediate needs of the country. Congress and the Administration has time to act before it is too late. Let them strike while the iron...
...quixotic fighting tours to glorify a lady whom he never saw. Honor dictated family feuds like that of the Montagues and Capulets. Honor involved private war after every injury. Today only a few points of aggressive honor remain. Why is it? Partly, of course, because we have learned to let the law right our wrongs. But our law provides no redress for sheer insults and forbids a man, assailed by a murderer, to stand his ground and kill if he can safely retreat. Europe, however, sanctions duelling and standing ground...
...resisting imaginary attacks the CRIMSON leads a busy life. But the CRIMSON might leave those matters to the diplomats and concern itself with the promotion of frank and intelligent discussion among its readers of the issues upon which we may have to fight. If we must fight let us at least know why we fight and what our gains will be. R. MCCANTS ANDREWS...