Word: neighbors
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...pugnacious instincts, which should rather be lulled to rest. Again, look at Switzerland. No passion is made more unruly by being instructed and self-conscious; the reverse is true. A course of lessons in boxing adds nothing to the likelihood that a man will attack his neighbor on the street; though it may well make-him more ready to go to the aid of a neighbor in distress. It is forgotten by those who urge these criticisms that in military training the enemy is present chiefly in imagination, whereas the person in evidence is the fellow-soldier with whom...
...stood themselves upon the brink of war, although the interests at stake between the contending powers in no way affected this country. They have been like the man who thinks he is so careful about his own domestic affairs that it is unnecessary to insure his buildings, until his neighbor's house catches fire. To the great mass of our people the advocates for a league to enforce peace can well say that the proposal they urge is one that should be carefully considered by every...
...most cherished plans is that of forbidding the sale of munitions by a neutral nation to a belligerent, which would have exactly the opposite effect. It would put a premium on preparedness, for when war broke out the unprepared munitions abroad, would be in a hopeless condition against its neighbor armed to the teeth. If we want to reduce excessive armaments, and the spirit of militarism that goes with them, we must seek to curtail the advantage of preparedness, and that is precisely what is done by securing...
...dwelt at length on the duty of the State in caring for the inebriate and feeble-minded. Public service in alleviating the results of using alcoholic beverages is a vital thing, and should be taken in trust by all. Mr. Kelso emphasized the duty of a man towards his neighbor...
...failure to realize that they were tacitly pledged to do such written work honorably. Another equally strong reason is their failure to realize the entire similarity of the two kinds of cheating. Many men, who would consider it beneath their dignity and their honor to ask help from a neighbor in the classroom, are not above copying a report or a mathematics paper. Both these actions are equally forms of intellectual robbery, for, in both, the offenders are passing off as their own something that is not their own. The only difference between the two is that the unfairness...