Word: nationality
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...such theoretical perfection may be, there can nevertheless be no doubt that universities are falling short of what may reasonably be expected of them. With the end of those initial out-pourings of men, they have failed to keep pace with the increased energies of the remainder of the nation's life...
...Every nation, when it has to borrow money, should borrow it from its own people. That is what this country is doing through the Liberty Loans. Money is needed now in great quantities. The Loan is a good investment and is as secure as the Government itself. And, finally, the purchase of Liberty Bonds helps the conduct of the war, and that is the primary reason for investing in them. You should all help make this loan a success with a view to aiding materially in winning...
...Modern warfare involves the maximum contribution to the labor and material resources of a nation. The available labor and material resources are fixed within relatively narrow limits. In order to do our part in this war the existing labor supply must be transferred in as great a degree as possible to the production of materials necessary for the maintenance of civilian life and the production of war materials in the greatest possible volume...
This much must be remembered. Serve your country through real sacrifices and an earnestness of purpose, or you serve it not at all. It is only in personal economies and abstinence from unnecessary consumption that you may add to the nation's capital. All other pretences at service tend but to defeat the end toward which they are directed...
...doubt that it is good financing to pay for a war, or for anything else in the world, out of current revenues as nearly as possible in distinction from bonded indebtednesses. Debt is a millstone around the neck of a nation. Fortunate are the people who pay as they go. To keep as near that ideal as possible should be the desideratum of all statesmanship. Our enemies, who commonly belittle our activities, should at least know that, stupendous as has been our war preparation, we are paying an unprecedented fraction of it out of current taxation. Boston Herald