Word: selfish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Pecuniary losses may be recuperated. Life may not. Surely those who complain must feel small of heart, knowing they are unwilling to lose a bare fraction of their wealth where other less selfish men are giving their very...
...aftermath of war is always made awful with the suffering of those whom war has passed over but has not spared. It is not the men who die in battle, glorious and brave in their oblivion of the selfish animal instincts for self-preservation at any cost, who are pitiful. It is rather those who are left. Of such are the children of French soldiers who have fallen in battle...
...fact of war see with a clearer vision, and know that the fore boding of those who have declared war is so ghastly are the words of cravens. We see men who have been striving after the futile things of life suddenly become magnificent in their vision. We see selfish men grown generous and careless men stirred to passion by the deep love of country. We see the awakening of a dormant people, and know how terrible are many of the ways of peace...
President Wilson, the leader of this great nation, has stated in clear, manly terms the only honorable stand that this country can take. We congratulate him upon his firm declaration and pledge our heartiest support to following principles so well expressed by him. "We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith...
...recent communication in our columns urges that the 1920 Red Book should be abandoned, saying that such a heavy expenditure for selfish purposes is unjustifiable in the face of the pressing needs of European nations. Aside from the obviously high motives of our correspondents, it is difficult to see the practical value of their suggestion since its application would only keep a little extra spending money in the pockets of each Freshman, without adding in any way to the resources of the relief committees abroad...