Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...business has caused an addition to the college curriculum, not a substitution. Mental training and the need of it remain the same however much the world changes. That which has developed great minds in the past will develop them in the future. The worth of classics in this respect has been proved; nothing can lessen it. By the new policy they will not be supplemented, but rather added...
...companions in service to attend his burial and they gave them a safe-conduct across their lines. On that day a group of French planes flying close to the ground went over German lines and landed at a small village, the whole populace of which was showing its respect for the French hero. After the exercises the French aviators were led back to their machines and allowed to depart in safety...
...means of playing the game. And we've been getting it for the past couple of months in a manner that makes one itch for the actual hunting grounds. Sir, I admire, sympathize with, and love the French, but it's the British to whom I give my respect. They've got the 'spirit of the bayonet'; they've changed their easy going temperament and, taught by bitter experience, answer the cry 'Kamerad' with a short sharp jab; they're fighting mad, playing the game for all it's worth. System? They've got everything down to a fine point...
...ready withdrawal it has been made possible to seize the Holy city in its integrity. Unlike Rheims and other centres of mediaeval Christianity, the very home of our religion has escaped destruction. Whether the refusal of the Turks to hold this place was due to military weakness or to respect for the city, the British have gained with facility what has long been fought for. As they have been successful against the Moslems in the last few campaigns, so they will be in keeping this new prize. The capture of Jerusalem is an incident of the drive on Turkey...
...Above the overwhelming horror of the war, to me, is that men can be so cruel, that humanity does not respect itself. But we, in this country, do not realize the gravity of the situation. Those who know the most about the war are the least partisan and speak least harshly about their enemies...