Word: say
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that we are entered into the war, and we are preparing armies to carry our flags beside the flags of other great nations, the aspect of war should seem far more terrible to us, if our fears have been justified. Yet do wise men who are not poltroons say today that we have lost anything or will lose anything that makes national existence worth continuance? Our wealth is being amassed to be expended in war. Each one of us will endure a curtailment of our resources. Our young men are soon to be trained for war. A great many...
...sadly over-played, and the stock strain showed in the acting of several of the others. Mr. Craig seemed weirdly out of place as the Leper with a painful, whispery, enunciation. There were a few moments of vagueness as to lines, but, remarkably, Miss Victor, with most to say, seemed best to know her part. The play deserved more preparation...
...advising you men desiring to do naval work as to the course that you should follow in the present emergency, I should say that the best thing to do is to enter the Naval Reserve with the intention of performing such work as the authorities may think suitable for each man according to his individual qualifications as an engineer, a navigator, a wireless operator, etc. He may be assigned to a patrol boat squadron, to deep-sea work, to foreign service or service in this country...
...reply to a question concerning naval training camps, Mr. Roosevelt said: "Without doubt naval training posts will be established in each of the naval districts some time during the summer, but exactly where or when I am unable to say now. In these posts training in navigation, the operation of guns, and engineering will be given to fit the recruits for various branches of the service...
...Alfred Noyes, the British poet, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "This war will liberate the world and the tremendous effect it will have on the arts cannot be measured at the present time, for it will not only affect poetry, to what extent no one can say, but it will change human life all over the globe. The hackneyed question as to how it will affect poetry is of little consequence, for the great European struggle will not decide whether we are to write in sonnet form or in vers libre, but will overturn principles and theories...