Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...service where single combat must be the feature. Our peculiar interest in it may be the result of its infancy, for the new holds much charm for us. And yet trench fighting does not thrill us in the same way, in spite of its new place in modern warfare. The romantic element in aviation surely lies in the fact that individual wits are battling for supremacy. It is a service which will give us many new heroes to hold in national esteem...
...between nations as a whole, and not merely between small sections of different nations. It is a war the issue of which depends on the effectiveness for war-like ends of practically every adult amongst the warring groups. Science and its applications enter deeply into almost every phase of modern industry, and as at the moment war is the greatest of all industries, science plays a leading role in the present tragdy of the world. Science itself is, of course, neither moral nor immoral, neither for war nor for peace. It is merely a method, embodying far-reaching principles...
...specialist in some one particular thing, and informed in all things generally. Gas, with its terrifying results, trench mortars, automatic rifles, grenades, bayonets, wire entanglements, trenches, communication systems, aeroplanes,--what not? All have men who speak of nothing save them. War is even more highly specialized than modern industry in the heads of efficiency experts, and we're going to keep on specializing until we've won. Surely it will take a few years; casualty lists will be heavy; mistakes will be made, but the point is we will win. Furthermore the sacrifices necessitated at home and the new ideas...
...Modern Language Conference. "The Beginning of a Literary Language." Common Room, Conant Hall...
...subject of the discourse has not been announced, but it will concern modern problems and the relation which Christian Science beliefs bear to them. The meeting is only one of a number to be held at regular intervals during the remainder of the year...