Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...pacifists feel intensely the horrors of war, not only in our won land, but throughout the world. They regard it rightly as one of the greatest scourges of mankind--one of the darkest blots on our civilization. They have formed innumerable societies to abolish it; and large sums of money have been given to aid their work. But they give the impression of seeing the end more clearly than the means, and appear to think that war can be forever drowned out by a flood of talk, that the pen can grind the sword into a plowshare. Some pacifists speak...
...last night. At the time of the excitement over the Mexican situation, the policy of keeping cool, and "keeping our shirts on" was freely advocated. Now we are to take a necessary precaution when the war cloud is nearer than ever before. It is the desire of everyone that mankind be so organized that war will be an impossibility. But to be prepared is no more provoking war, than it would be to abolish the police of Boston, or any superior governmental force the object of which in every civilized nation, is to maintain peace...
...undersigned, members of Harvard University, beg to assure you that we endorse the stand you have taken in regard to the sacred rights, not only of Americans but of all mankind, and that we have confidence in your wisdom and justice. It is our hope and our prayer that under your guidance this country may keep God's peace, but if in upholding this country's dignity and honor, you deem recourse to the use of force necessary, we pledge you our support...
...hour a day spent in the manufacture of bandages would inconvenience but a few and be a satisfaction to many. It is high time undergraduate interest in the present war should rise above the talking point and reach a point of action that would result in definite good to mankind...
...hope truly--that as Harvard, unlike many colleges, is in the midst of a great urban community, where every form of relief is highly organized, the undergraduates are doing their part as individuals in that community. If they 'appear untouched by solemn thought' while all the rest of mankind is stirred to its depths, is it not time for some leader of Harvard sentiment to rouse them to an active participation in the work now most needed in the world? It would have been finer to stand among the first of the college communities so the first of the college...