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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sure civilization has struggled up in the midst of destructive wars, and was apparently never so flourishing as in the spring of 1914. The course of the war, however, has gone far to convince mankind that there can be no return to the old order of things. One of the mistakes of those who oppose a League of Peace is to think that any country in the world can go back to the place that it occupied five years ago. Not only are three great empires smashed, but the fourth--Germany, seems to be in the midst of civil...
...Never has the United States had such a shining proposition offered to it. We are asked to give up no part of our constitution, our system of government, our laws, our possessions, except the present right to make war when we think best, for reasons that satisfy us, against any other nation that we see fit. This is a small privilege to a nation like ours, which is essentially pacific. In return for that concession we get two great privileges. The first is an assurance against the return of the frightful conditions which led to the present war, into which...
...Both his poetry and his prose reveal a nature never quite integnated into wholeness of structure, into harmony with itself. His writing, at its best, is noble and delightful, full of human charm, but it is difficult for him to master a certain waywardness and to sustain any note steadily. This temperamental flaw does not affect the winsomeness of his letters, unless to add to it. It is lost to view, often, in the sincerity and pathos of his lyrics, but it is felt in most of his longer efforts in prose, and accounts for a certain dissatisfaction which many...
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This reveals a condition of things which we had hoped would never arise in an American university, namely, the carrying over of military distinction into academic life. The great rallying cry of the Allies has been, "Make the world safe for Democracy." Surely no more direct refutation of this basic principle of equality could be possible than in singling out certain war heroes to receive honor from their Alma Mater, and leaving others unhonored and unsung. It is not difficult to appreciate the feelings of the enlisted man who, after sacrificing his studies to serve his country, returns to find...