Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Those of us who are familiar with the Oxford University Union and have seen the every-day cordial interchanges and friendly greetings between members of the faculty (from Presidents to Dons) and students of every nation and station, cannot help contrasting all that with the conditions extant at out Harvard Union --to say nothing of the thronged assemblies at the Forums which are next to the social centre idea, a main feature of the Oxford Union...
...been that when once the people are aroused by an appeal to emotional mob spirit, war may come no matter how clearly it can be shown to be their interest and advantage to remain at peace. That in this day of world conflict, with every possibility of this nation being swept off its feet by terror and blind fear, with an unprecedented campaign being waged for military increases, the very closeness of such a vote as last night's is ground for the highest hopes and inspiration...
...answer of the militarist doubtless is that he is quite ready to give up armaments as soon as the other nations do, but till then let us protect ourselves. And it is just there that the pacifist of today, and especially of the United States, has an opportunity unequalled in all history to serve the cause of civilization. When the present war is over the belligerents will be in a state of exhaustion from which they cannot recover in less than a generation at least. Men and women throughout the entire civilized world will have endured and seen suffering such...
...been possible to print. The desirability of so doing, however, is much decreased by the fact that the CRIMSON completely agrees with the larger portion of the statements contained even in the dissenting letters. That military strength has played an important part in the past history of nations we considered too obvious to need discussion. So long as there remain peoples as uncivilized as are a large part of the Mexicans, it must continue to play a part. If a nation is so unfortunate as to be situated between two large over-armed powers, it is doubtless the part...
...communication has yet directly challenged the statement that such policies are a result of a mutual misinterpretation of the needs of national defense, resulting from the failure of international law and political organization to keep pace with the growth of economic and intellectual interdependence. Thus, because we believe the self-interest of every civilized nation coincides with the limitation of armaments and the prevention of war, we are very optimistic as to the possibility of permanent peace provided only the peoples of the nations can be educated as to what their self-interest is; and provided the necessary machinery...