Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...These orders stand," said General Wood, parting from the division. "The only thing to do is to do the best we can to win the war. That's what we are here for; that's what you have been trained for." Of the President he would only say that he had been "very courteous and very considerate." Of France only this: "I think the line will hold...
These men had something more to say to the trade-unionists of Great Britain and France than that organized labor in the United States is pledged to the last man and the last dollar in support of the war. Their mission abroad comprehended also the assurance to working-men everywhere that there is no sympathy in this country with the extremists and visionaries, deriving their inspiration chiefly from German sources, who hope by an inconclusive peace to instigate a war of classes and repeat on a larger scale the follies which in Russia have protrated industry and for the time...
...transfer of General Wood from Funston to San Francisco, that is to say, from the line to an office position, is an aggravating bit of news to all University...
...other ways the development is equally clear. Taking into consideration human failings and realizing that human nature cannot change in a night, it is nevertheless scarcely too much to say that the selfish individualism of the past is giving way, in part at least, to a broader sense of altruism. Men today are beginning to care more about the well-being of their fellows. They are establishing means of recreation, industrial insurance and institutions for the betterment of the ordinary lot. The doctrine of allowing every man to shift for himself is a thing of the past...
...instant and willing obedience to every order" automatically, every man must keep strictly on the job and give the closest attention all the time. We have the chance today to retrieve the good reputation of the corps and make a finish that will enable the observers, however critical, to say, "We were impressed...