Word: sounding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...army (or in civil life if the war is over). Officers high in the army have expressed themselves in this way. In a letter received within a few days, General Leonard Wood refers to "the policy which you and I have been driving at, which is a sound one. 'The boys are to finish their work at the college and not go until they are wanted and can be used to advantage...
...their changing attitude. They have become Liberty Bond holders, buyers of Thrift Stamps. Many have not known, do not yet know that that which they do for their country in its crucial hour is certain to create a new instinct that of a fixed habit of saving and sound investment...
...like his famous flanking attack on the Marne, are a match for the ponderous strokes of Hindenburg. His reserve army rushed swiftly into place at the Yser, saved the Channel ports. Though Foch is noted chiefly for his boldness and speed and striking personal appeal, his policy is always sound: Joffre has called him the greatest strategist in Europe...
...misleading encouragement. We need not be patted on the back by sentimental expressions of the "nobility of our cause" which are insincere and almost repel us from a belief in what we are fighting for. We need less motion picture patriotism and journalistic camouflage and more honest effort and sound support of our Government. Our strength lies in truth. When thousands of British are falling it does no good to assert in huge headlines that "American Troops Stop Germans." It appeals to a selfish national pride, but does little toward winning...
...submit two suggestions: (1) the spirit of education should be more materialistic; and (2) more political. I assure you there is nothing in my thesis that can shock the most high-minded New England transcendentalist. Affirmatively, I in fact present these intimations of direction for the educational process as sound instruments for achieving the aim propounded by your correspondent, Mr. Joslyn, namely, to ennoble the person educated...