Word: self
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...approaching class debates fill an important role, and ought to be better attended. They afford men the opportunity of self expression on vital topics free from the restriction of section men or editors. They are the only method of unearthing talent for the University Triangulars. Valuable not alone for these reasons, but as one of the very few institutions by which an ancient and honorable art is maintained, they recompense well all those who are serious enough to work for them...
...does not humble himself. The salute is a mark of respect not given to the individual but to the rank, therefore to the system of which the democratic soldier is supposed to be an intelligent part, therefore the salute is in a sense a salute to one's self. The salute to the hat cord of the second lieutenant, the thin bar of the first lieutenant, is a salute to the principle of order, of discipline, of organized effort. It is therefore answered by the superior rank. Neither the private who salutes nor the major general who returns the salute...
...what a pity if the treasury must become a knee-dropping suppliant to the American public. There is a higher obligation than self which confronts the true citizen. In Senator Lodge's words it is this...
...with fellow-students on the firing-line are justified in peacefully enjoying College privileges only by living on a similar level of service and self-sacrifice. --Queen's University Journal...
...believe in the Harvard tradition. And those who have gone forth and will not return believed in the Harvard tradition, of strength, of courage, of truth, from which are builded self-sacrifice...