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...will doubtless all prove of value. But meanwhile as he sits on the fence, (a very comfortable one), passing what snap judgements his fancy may dictate, it is satisfying to realize that in the field below the combat is intense, and that on descending into it, though he may perish from almost any cause, he will not die of boredom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONFLICT AND ENNUI | 1/14/1924 | See Source »

...part of a great, industrious people should be allowed to perish when help is available . . . The need of Germany is no less elemental and no less urgent than if caused by famine or earthquake . . . The American people should not wait on Government. I appeal to them to organize for action at once. Every American citizen who believes in the fundamental principles of democracy ? government by the people?is deeply interested in saving the German Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: '' Emaciated, Despairing | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

April 6.-The. Rev. Caleb Rochford Statson, D. D., '94, Rector of Trinity Perish, New York City...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWEDISH PRIMATE TO BE PREACHER IN APPLETON | 10/3/1923 | See Source »

...optimistic. He termed Russia " the industrial paradise of idleness." He found the peasants returning to the church; he found women wearing furs and jewels once more. But he declared that if American relief is stopped " 50,000 helpless people in the Black Sea region alone will perish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Sensible Communism | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

There lies the task of those who read the CRIMSON. As your generation succeeds or fails in this task, so will you and your children's children live in happiness or perish in unparalleled catastrophes. A foundation has been laid. What will you build...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lord Robert Cecil Declares That Whole Future of Our Civilization Depends on Getting Rid of War | 4/27/1923 | See Source »

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