Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...true that in the history books, and perhaps even in our own lives, the present will mark the beginning of a new chapter. But the type of mind that will overcome the problems of mankind in this new chapter, will be the same type that has done so in the past--the trained mind. And by that I mean particularly the broad, cultivated mind that is peculiarly the product of the college of today. This is the 'lesson' that is learned at universities such as Harvard, and it need never be re-learned...
...that might be controlled. Individual subscriptions could be limited to a nominal amount. But then, what kind of a monument are we talking about? Do we mean something in heroic art, like an equestrian figure on a mountain in silhouette against the sky, or something for the service of mankind...
...principle of predatory militarism cannot be done away unless mankind has the intelligence, the magnanimity and the determination so to organize itself that justice shall take the place of violence, and that the predatory state shall be restrained, by force if need boy from a wanton resort to arms. No one nation can do this, nor can it be done if the United States stands aloof. The time has come to take part in a League of Nations to maintain an enduring peace here and elsewhere. We must finish the work we have begun until the principle for which...
...determination. For every man fallen, a brother will rise in his place. Life has become clouded, but not destroyed. Each dead man in France lives in the minds of our people. It makes us bitter, but it has called forth a new American spirit. Sacrifice, the greatest power of mankind, has come to permeate our national life. Our sons are gone. "It is for us, the living . . . to be dedicated . . . . . to the unfinished work which they who fought . . . . . . have thus far so nobly advanced...
...entered the war in a purity of idealism, we must not sink to the baseness of a narrow-minded prejudice. Let us remember that misguided and barbarous as the Germans appear, they are, after all, of the race from which we all spring. They undoubtedly have violated many of mankind's sacred laws, but they are human. When, crushed by the burden of insuperable odds, they shall finally turn their faces toward an honest peace, we must be ready to do our part in seeing that a decent consideration is given their proposals. In preparation for that time, we need...