Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...money to be lent at a fair rate of interest, the munitions to be manufactured at a fair profit. For a month now we have been at war, and our nation has come to realize that some bravery is to be demanded of it, some sacrifice, some fortitude of spirit. Not by iron alone, but by blood and iron, will we win victory. That blood must be of our best...
...there are such Germans as Professor Francke. He represents the best part of the Teutonic people, with whom, as the President said, we have no quarrel. He represents the splendid history which German art and literature achieved before the deadening influence of militarism fell over it. This is the spirit with which America cannot but sympathize, and it is to free the true Germany as well as to free the rest of the world that the United States have entered the war. Let us not forget this purpose, even in the time of greatest bitterness. The hideous thraldom of militarism...
...actuality of war has called out the loyalty of our young men. They have undertaken service in that spirit of adventure which is characteristic of youth, and in that spirit of patriotism which is the honor of our race. The Faculty has done all in its power to encourage this kindled loyalty by holding early examinations, and by giving academic credit for military work. As a result many men have gone into service without restriction, where under a less generous or less far-seeing regime they might have suffered scholastically for their patriotism...
...effect of the impetus already given will result in the effort of all college men to strive by hook or crook to fit themselves for commissions in the Reserve Officers' Corps. The work at Harvard, of course, meets the commendation of every one who wishes to see a spirit of patriotism united with a capacity for effective help. I do not doubt that we shall find in Harvard, Yale and Princeton and the other universities the same inspiring devotion for the cause of the country that the great universities or England, Oxford and Cambridge, showed at the outbreak...
...more and more distinct. Thus their change of attitude has not been sudden. The future promises grave problems and many hardships for the young men of the country. There is more harm than good in anticipating unseen dangers, but it is all-important to fortify ourselves with a serious spirit of undaunted courage...