Word: nationalization
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this sleepy forgetfulness must stop! If we are to enter the fight a nation united in one cause we must be conscious of the traditions of the flag, of the battles of the Revolution and the Civil War, which made the United States "safe" until today, "for democracy." We must look up to the flag once more as the standard of our forefathers, as the symbol of the ideals which we, as a democratic nation, stand ready to defend...
...bond of ever-lasting union between America and England must be further yoked by the youth of our nations to make a guarantee to the generations of the future of absolute freedom. It is upon the young men that the fate of any nation rests. When the war first struck England, our college men, many of whom were already officers in the army, were immediately put into action. They were among the first sent to France. To them belongs the honor of breaking the rush of the enemy. It was a critical moment and they responded nobly. Many were killed...
...Today our colleges are open, and will be kept thus all through the war. There are, of course, comparatively, few in attendance, these being chiefly wounded men or others physically unfit to go to the front. Education is vital to the existence of any nation, but freedom must first be assured...
...death of Mr. Choate the University loses one of its most distinguished graduates and the nation mourns one of that body of great Americans who were the great builders in a formative period of its history. He was known alike as lawyer, statesman, orator, diplomatist, and polished wit, but the world's greatest remembrance is founded on his public career...
Choate lived to know the great English-speaking nations bound more closely together in amity than ever before since they have endured as separate powers. He saw his nation gathering her strength to join to the strength of England in the battle of the age. He took part in the formation of that union which was the consummation of his hopes. Perhaps it would not have been worth much more for him to have remained yet a year or a decade seeing the success in achievement of those whom he had helped to unite in spirit. He must have known...