Word: poore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Again, he pointed out that "the last loan was taken largely by the very rich and the very poor but that now surtaxes have been placed upon the wealthy and although they are still doing their share, yet the government is looking for response from the middle class. Young men have responded to their colors and have been drafted into the army without the government consulting their wishes. They have given up their lives to the cause. The government has the same right to ask for a man's money and savings as it has to ask for a soldier...
...Senator is no ordinary man. It is nearly time for him to take the stand of "me and Gott." After he has reached this stage he will be in a position to claim blood relationship with the Kaiser. That no doubt is the height of his ambition, and we poor ordinary humans, mere citizens of the United States, may have to bear with him until he has reached his pinnacle. But we hope...
...will throw away his poor life, which is all that remains sure to him in eternity, for the dream of a distant ideal. Surely such love is not among the beasts. Man is an animal gifted with mind, set in a world which was not made for mind. He is a being whom we may curse with reverence...
...noticeable feature of the day's workout was the extraordinarily poor showing of the Freshman class, only two showing of the Freshman class, only two men from 1921 being present. With an enrolment of over 500, 1921 should have a squad almost as large as in preceding years. It is possible that there will be informal meets with Providence High School, M. L. T., and perhaps with the Yale freshmen...
...such conception, the terrors of this war are not to be approximated in the mere mortality of those who have died. Far more agonizing than the death of many million men is the death of hope. That has come when men decide it is not worth fighting for, the poor life...