Word: manly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...nation grieves at the death of Theodore Roosevelt and the world sympathizes; but the loss comes home with particular force to the Harvard men, because he was a great son of Alma Mater and a brother to two generations of students and graduates. No man in the United States has so fully shown forth in his character, life, and achievements that individual and fearless spirit which Harvard University aims to foster. He was a graduate of many colleges--a law student at Columbia, honored with degrees by a host of universities in many lands, and well educated in the graduate...
...democratic as well as a national army. That the regular army never was. Thirdly, there is only one principle on which a force of this character can be constructed in a democracy, namely, the principle of universal military service as an obligation on the part of every able-bodied man of suitable...
...This service," continues President Eliot, "should be recognized as due to his country from every able-bodied man without pay. Soldiers in the present national army of the United States receive one dollar a day as pay, in addition to being completely found by the government. Considering what the modern soldier has to do and bear in trench warfare, in bayonet and hand grenade assaults and in storming towns and cities from the air, the idea of a man's doing it for pay is absolutely revolting. No worthy soldier does it or would do it for pay. He does...
...again come forward with a proposal for universal military service, and as the least expensive and the most democratic of the various methods for bringing this to pass, urges the adoption of the Swiss national army plan. This would entail compulsory service on the part of every able-bodied man between 20 and 45 years of age for a definite period of each year and would constitute the nucleus of an effective fighting force in time...
...routine will not suffice--that is quite certain. The man who has become accustomed to nose-dives or trench-raids will be hard to satisfy. He will refuse to give his interest and energy to anything which is not obviously and unmistakably vital...