Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...crowds in the subway, on the boulevards, show on their faces that the war has borne heavily on them--they look tired and careworn, each doing his share in the struggle, and each weighted down by the thought of the Herculean necessity for victory. The soldiers and officers seem unable to escape from the thought of going back to the trenches--they are imprisoned by the immense forces playing against each other, being mentally as well as physically crushed by the intense pressure at the front...
...solid foundation on which to work. The college men of England furnished a great many officers for the army, and it does look now as if this class of men were going to provide the officers for the United States, because from practical experience college men seem to make the best officers. They are usually athletes and accustomed to the co-operation and discipline and team-work of athletics, all of which are a great help to the understanding of military discipline so necessary in the successful army...
...immense amount of evidence to prove this statement. There is absolutely no doubt but that the Zimmermann note had more behind it than was published, and there are hundreds of people engaged today in German spy work on this side of the water. And also does it seem probable that the United States could have sent Bernstorff home without having Germany fly at America, if the Allies had not been keeping her busy in Europe? If peace had come before the entrance of this country into the war Germany would have jumped at the chance of get on her feet...
...arousing patriotism. It is a song difficult to sing, but none the less splendid. Its effect has been and can be one of infinite magnitude. This effect, however, is dependent on the way it is sung. "The Star Spangled Banner" is not a Chanson sans Paroles. Yet it would seem that many American citizens hold this opinion when a band or orchestra play it. The mumbling and lipcontortions which immediately ensue are not conducive to raising the level of one's feelings. Perhaps at no time in her history has our nation so needed all the latent patriotism that exists...
...place stress on external appearances, they judge others by their possessions, or some fancied distinctiveness of birth. At Harvard, as at other places frequented by civilized man, those external appearances are apt to mislead the calmest judgment, and give false value to the characters of some men who seem greater than they are. Yet such superficial judgment is far less common here than it is under a more sophisticated mode of life. It is the reaction from the barbaric simplicity of the judgments of youth which is apt to cause men to consider that the standards of judgment here...