Word: longed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...long been recognized by wise and far visioning men that at the advent of war many changes must be made in our habitual careless mode of living, if we are to fight to the very utmost, and for victory...
Those six billion annual pounds represent nourishment for all the fighting men of Russia. Given to Germany, they would render England's long and arduous blockade a failure. Given to England, they would cause the shipping shortage to become a forgotten terror. They may mean the difference to our nation between sufficiency and want. They may mean to our cause the difference between justification and defeat...
...sadly true, however, that Harvard University and the cosmic order are not partial to lawless individuals, human or astral. The long established order of things requires that a man be at one task until he assume another. There is no Nirvanic peace between our cycles of toil. Until a Plattsburg applicant has been definitely accepted at that camp, he is both actually and morally bound to the training corps here...
That was two years ago. It has taken our nation that long, through many more losses, and through hidden or open insult, to arouse its slumbering passion. "The mills of the gods grind slow, but they grind exceeding fine...
...Paul's Catholic Club will produce "Believe Me, Xantippe," in Jordan Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The play which is the Craig prize play of 1913, had a long run at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston, and with John Barrymore and Mary Young taking the leading roles, made a record run on Broadway...