Word: moral
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Supplmentary to vision is the requisite of valor or moral courage. The world is filled with men gifted with a divine power of vision, but who lack the valor that is necessary to put what they have seen to some use. What would Theodore Roosevelt have been worth without the moral stimulus which prompted his determination to "make the world over"? There are hosts of men who have failed to achieve all that they might have because they lacked this very necessary attribute of true greatness. The vision to see, and the valor to be,--this twofold quality...
...Fitch spoke of three kinds of idealism which it is our duty to perpetuate: political, spiritual, and moral idealism. The political idealism of the Allies has been democracy, as opposed to autocracy. The spiritual idealism is the refraining from all the brutal tactics and atrocities that the enemy has practiced The moral idealism is the combatting of the principle that might makes right...
...exotic at Harvard, both past and present. Some of the characters are easily recognizable. "Cigarette" is obviously Alan Seeger, and if I did not feel for the war-time purse of the CRIMSON in defending libel suits, I could catalogue a rather distinguished array of aesthetes referred to. The moral attitude of the writer is clear: he frowns upon gin-drinking and purple lights, and sneers at aesthetes who use cologne and wear fillets...
...news from Europe causes us to rejoice. But at the same time it makes us thoughtful. We feel the seriousness of the coming months. We know that the good of the nation will demand even greater moral and mental strength than was demanded by the war. To keep the world safe, to substitute better ideals for those that are outworn, to protect the weak, to direct the powerful, to build social machinery that will serve all classes and all nations without injustices--here are some of the tasks confronting us. Boston Traveler...
...much increased the amount which they must have in order to carry on their work. A year or two must pass before the soldiers abroad can be returned to America. In that time of waiting for the day of embarkation there lies far greater danger to the physical and moral welfare of the men than existed when they were fully occupied in war service. They will have a greater amount of time on their hands, and they will find diversion and entertainment "somewhere"--your money will help to provide that--"somewhere", one which will be worthy of the proud reputation...