Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present, but the time is coming when they will need the financial aid of this country, and need it badly. I talked with a major of one of the British prison camps, and he told me that the German soldiers all believe that they are winning, but the spirit of France and England is as high as ever...
...more disappointing, because we are convinced that any of the editors of the Illustrated could have written more significantly on the subject than Mr. Hudson Maxim in a little morceau en prose entitled "The Moulting Eagle," appended in the number to a page photograph entitled "The Spirit of '76." We do not know whether this production is numbered among Mr. Maxim's literary works or whether it was dashed off for the occasion, in which case it would be discourteous to criticize it. Mr. Maxim takes the patriotic eagle severely to task for having ceased to scream. With all respect...
Josephine Drake as the practical Jane has good lines and looks well in a purple hat. Kate Ryan and Thomas Tracy handle their Irish character parts with spirit and not altogether unnatural brogue...
...last a general plan of what the University authorities will do upon the declaration of war has been given out semi-officially. Although the attitude and spirit of our people will change, no one need think that the Government, educational institutions and business concerns will be suddenly turned upside down. With Congress meeting early in April and the rapid development of the international situation, a declaration of war seems certain in the near future. As soon as the decision is made, the authorities will probably allow all men enrolled in any branch of the Naval Reserve to leave College...
...members is appointed for two years, another for four, and so on, until the longest term is 12 years. Evidently it is expected that the work of the Commission will be carried on through at least 12 years. To make sure that the Commission works in no partisan spirit, the law provides that not more than three members shall be members of any one political party. It is perhaps worth noting that among the six persons appointed on the Commission by President Wilson two are Harvard men, myself and E. P. Costigan '99, and two are Yale men, Mr. Culbertson...