Word: mind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those of the peace party who have any foresight and any sort a synthetic mind, and there must be a great many such people among so large a party, will see that German conquest will put the acceptance of peace-party ideals back hundreds of years. If members of the peace party believe in clinging to an ideal, even to the extent of bringing down the scorn of the rest of the world, let them now take up and continue to take up arms in defense of that ideal, until the ruling force in Germany, the one great and powerful...
...Americans have hitherto believed that the fundamental purpose of education is not only to furnish useful information, but also to train and discipline the mind to its highest power. Consequently, those studies which experience has shown to be the most serviceable for this end have been, and should be, the fundamental subjects in any course of study. This may be an erroneous belief and if it should prove to be the case, such a course of study ought to be discarded. If not, the best manner of teaching them must be found, and instruction maintained to its full extent...
...foolishness to hold away in our theatres. It is no longer a moot question whether they are desirable, for they have been proved conclusively to represent a form of dramatic relaxation--relaxation to the extent of putting a public which has witnessed a few of these into a receptive mind for plays with more mental meat in them. Truly a good influence. "Mary's Ankle," which is now on exhibition at Ye Wilbur Theatre is just that type of play. It takes not one ounce of brains to appreciate it and thus will make a big appeal to those wearied...
...announcement of the second series of training camps for officers recalls to mind that murmuring concerning injustice in selecting candidates for the first series are still echoing. Those many confident and by no means mute aspirants whose confidence in their own ability surpassed the examining officers' confidence in that same intangible quality, are still unshakably convinced that they were harshly treated by an unsympathetic government...
Inspection day bears as dark terrors to the mind of the brave soldier as the first day of school does to the conventially unconventional bad little boy Last week, overcome by the agony of being looked at, one man in an unnamed company fell over, presumably from stage-fright or weakness of the knees, although the later diagnosis was unpatriotic German measles. Seeing him, in the next company men fell over by flocks. It is recorded that one corporal gave the command "Follow me!" and proceeded with appetite to bite the dust...