Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Answering many a challenge, the regiment was also a living challenge itself. It called to a halt the extremists of pacifism. If those who would not have our nation prepared to meet the demands of war hold an ideal which refuses sanction to such qualities as the regiment has developed in Harvard men what is their ideal worth? Can it foster anything else but Inertia? The regiment, on the other hand, was the embodiment of ideals linked with real forces. It showed that it had begun to effect that co-ordination of moral with physical might which...
...meeting over which Major H. L. Higginson '55 presided, in the Union last night. In his introductory talk Major Higginson declared that just as we come to the University to prepare ourselves for life, it is essential also that we go to Plattsburg to prepare to defend home and nation, and that it is every man's duty to learn to serve his country...
...nation, so fair and so free...
...profession of business calls for as high qualities of mind and character as any of the older recognized professions. The nation needs now, as never before, the scientifically trained and high-minded business man. A man entering his profession should resolve to give it the best...
Seriously, the fundamental error of such arguments is the confusion of defence with aggression. Most of the so-called "militarists" agree that it is not only wicked but stupid to punish either a man or a nation for disagreeing with what we consider orthodox political principles. But when our opponent's particular variety of heresy leads him to invade our territory, destroy our property, and kill our citizens, we believe that a machine-gun will come in handier than a copy of "Briefs for Debate...