Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other and lesser possessions. They are the straws that show which way the wind blows. They are the straws which people refuse to give when in a careless mood. The straw hat is the honor of adolescence, the grace of youth, the distinction of manhood, and the folly of old...
...think Germany is to be frightened to weak-kneed terror by some bugaboo of a submarine destroyer? Do we think she will yield to old-womanish fears, and flee in terror from Belgium, when she hears that America is about to set forth to wither her enemies? If words could move Germany, our words would have done so. Words cannot move Germany. She has not a fear of our prowess equal to our confidence...
...detailed to see that the physical needs of the men are satisfied, as other officers are detailed to see that the men render certain services; but they are largely dependent upon others to provide that the necessary supplies shall be within reach at the right time. It is an old saying that men win battles on their stomachs. The morale of the line is much strengthened by physical well-being; and an officer who sees to it that his men are fed not only with ample nutrition but palatably will get better fighting service from them. Sanitary surveillance of food...
...Reverend George A. Gordon, D.D., minister of the Old South Church, Boston, will conduct Sunday services in Appleton Chapel tomorrow at 11 o'clock...
...been recorded in an old saying that all is fair in war. But such tricks are of the fairness of the red Indian, to whom treachery was often synonomous with honor. Conflict seems to be losing even that poor show of mercy which has been practised in other less bitter wars. "War to the knife, and the knife to the hilt...