Word: self
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Menace of Military Camps seems to me not to stand the analysis of careful study. I think we can assume that the temper of the American people and our democratic institutions are a sure pledge that the United States will not be drawn into any war of aggression of self aggrandizement. But to many of us it seems that a sincere love of peace alone is not sufficient to keep us at peace. Probably last June Belgium loved peace and was as unoffending as Switzerland but Belgium had no "adequate armament" as had Switzerland and as a result her industrial...
...concerned as to what the causes of the war are or what they as individuals will ever gain. Undoubtedly some mis-educated leaders on both sides have had aggressive desires; all who have come from the warring countries are agreed that to the people it is a war of self-defence...
Military men nowadays are usually self-styled pacifists. They may not disapprove of preparing for peace, but invariably they are found spending all their time preparing for war, forgetting, or, through perfectly justifiable interest in the technique of their profession, ignoring the fact that such ever-increasing preparation is itself the chief cause of all modern wars. Thus, also, just to the extent that they succeed in the purpose for which they were founded, will the Summer Training Camps stifle the university man's belief in the chance for peace now and today. The man who served in an army...
...they gave thought and labor without stint, in one of the most trying cases of discipline of recent years, performing without flinching and with finest public spirit a necessary, but highly repellent, duty in our College community. Earnest, clear visioned, strong in the vigor of their youth, forgetful of self, they sought but a single end, the promotion of the welfare of Harvard College...
...what Germany is really seeking now is a settled condition of affairs She is not seeking dominion, as so many believe; but if her access to the sea through Belgium and Holland is cut off, it is only natural that she should assert herself; her policy is one of self-defense against the modern "starvation" method of warfare. Germany's advance, Dr. von Mach said, is due to her policy of efficiency at home and the "open door" everywhere--the system of efficiency which Germany would like to see generally established...