Word: shirked
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...believe the present system ideal, let us say so and tell why. If we dislike it, let us propose constructive changes. These questions are vital. The world has never before offered so many problems. There has never been such hope for great constructive reform. We can not afford to shirk the issue; we should all strive to contribute some real experience to the cause, and remember that any honest conclusion we may reach is of value...
...those who secured soft berths in the service, such as patrol-boat jobs or office work, when they were well fitted for active service in the line; and now those who have had college training and are skilled enough to be officers, but who have seen fit to shirk the heavy responsibilities of the officers' post in order to join up as a non-com, are likely to be classed with the others who have not wanted to give their property and themselves at their best for success in battle...
...fight is, to some minds, attractive and convincing. But it is specious. It has its origin in the school of pessimism--the Schopenhauerian pessimism which fears contact with the realities of life. It springs from that same suicidal philosophy which leads men to avoid marriage and women to shirk motherhood. The artist who sacrificed himself belongs to a nobler--and commoner--humanity. --London Daily Mail...
...following report at 10 A.M. to usher in Sanders: Anthony, Bills, Clark, Craft, Cutting, Dana, Esselen, Field, Frye, Goepper, Harding, Hoffman, Howard, Jones, Dyon, Olmsted, Pearson, Peirce, Porter, Richards, Rodgers, Rogers, Rowley, Sampson, Shirk, Smyth, Suydam, Tomlin, Whitman...
...capital and labor demand that every man take an active and not a passive interest in the government of the country. He pointed out that the responsibility in the home, being the unit of our social life, is a phase of citizenship which cannot be ignored, and that to shirk from the responsibility of putting the control of the government into able hands is nothing short of criminal...