Word: self-control
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...being hasty or injudicious in making war on foreign nations. And again we are informed that "there is general misunderstanding and unnecessary alarm." This assertion is ridiculcus. At no time have the press and public been calmer in the face of war, or given greater evidence of self-control. This body of patriots does not desire a war "from which we have nothing to gain." This lamentable fact is undoubtedly true. We would win no territorial acquisitions, no pecuniary indemnities. Small matters, like outrages upon American lives and property and national honor are not considered worthy of mention by pacifists...
...afflictions. All but six stated they had completely recovered from their injuries. None was reported seriously incapacitated from their participation in the game. The valuation placed on the personal benefits received from the game varied greatly although increased physical development headed the list. Among the other benefits derived were: self-control, rapid judgment, wide acquaintance-ship, determination and courage...
...himself is trained, and later how he is fitted into the general scheme of a huge fighting machine. The discussion, which takes five chapters, treats not only the technical side of drill and organization, but also touches on the by-products of military training,--military habit, discipline, efficiency, self-confidence, self-control, orderliness, loyalty, and obedience...
...camps are, as is now well known, not confined to increased military knowledge alone. There are physical benefits derived from the constantly active outdoor life, the mutually broadening influences of intimate associations with students of other institutions, and the increase in business efficiency through habits of obedience, order, and self-control...
...from Harvard men in the last six months that to procure efficiency in peace and war there is great merit in implicit obedience. How is that as an educational doctrine among Harvard men? In the education which we received it was not obedience which was taught to us, but self-control and the development of personal initiative...