Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Those men in college and out of college. . . . are guilty of a misconception of their duty. They are ignoring the fact that our nation has been called up on to express itself in action. If they were merely disloyal to their nation in being loyal to the whole of humanity, they would be justified. (?) But . . . they are failing to serve to their utmost ability that greater cause which they have undertaken to uphold. They are failing both the nation and the race. Let them stop to take thought, lest unwittingly they be doubly disloyal...
...greater cause," the men whom he attacked were saving lives at the constant risk of their own, to be reminded that "they were guilty of a misconception of duty"; that they are verging on "a double disloyalty"; and that, when all is said, "they are failing both the nation and the race." It has come to this then, that the vulgar fanaticism of that editor, and those like him, can turn on the finest expression of American activity the war has produced; that a wretched conceited little scribbler, sitting in his sanctum, can offer impertinent advice and a gratuitous insult...
Just as the individual never wants to remain inactive and useless when his country is at war, so we as a nation cannot cowardly stand aloof and lend our moral support. We are all citizens of the United States, and we are proud of our country. Let us resolve to make other nations admire this country at war even as they have always admired us at peace...
...dishonorable to allow our commerce to be destroyed or excluded from the high seas as the price of peace. The behavior of the officers and crews of the German merchant ships in our ports is one of the many proofs that it is impossible to preserve peace with a nation which so contemns the dignity, rights, and laws of the American Union...
...week, what will be the object of such a war? In a military sense according to the principles of international law the object will be "to procure the complete submission of the enemy at the earliest possible period with the least possible expenditure of men and money." Politically this nation will aid in the final overthrow of a Prussianized aggressive government that has shown a continued disrespect for the traditional rights of belligerents and neutrals alike. It would seem idiotic not to be able to conclude from these two statements the obvious course of action for this country. Yet many...