Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...critical moment. We cannot believe that the author or the communication in question means to imply that the men of the Neutrality Union are doing the thinking while the members of the R. O. T. C. have followed the dictates of impulse or of a form of Prussianistic spirit or even of patriotic sentimentalism. It seems quite evident that the very fact the latter have voluntarily sacrificed the time to take up a course which is far from enjoyable, indicates that they have thought carefully and unselfishly; realized their duty and done it. Most of those who have thought realize...
...surprise the world. There was no referendum. To be sure, there was the universal service system in France. But that system (which the people as a whole voted for several years ago) in compelling responsibility, made the great mass of men think and fight with a finer spirit than thoughtless men can ever know. It was not referendum that made them think; it was the realization of their individual responsibility in defending their country...
Today another large group of men from Harvard and other universities sail for France. There they will undertake the service of humanity in that generous spirit which is the pride of our young men. We see in them the fulfillment of those high ideals which are the salvation of our civilsation...
...cast follows: Ganymede, slave to Jupiter, H. Wentworth '17 Jupiter, J. W. D. Seymour '17 Abel Kidder F. B. Dean '17 Harold, A. Putnam '18 Mary, B. Norman '18 Spirit of the Movies, C. A. Coolidge, Jr., '17. Vera, F. H. Cabot '17 A slave, A. W. Clark '18 Lasky, W. Rand '17 Oscar, maitre d'hotel, F. L. Stagg '17 Hammond Egg, G. B. Blaine '17 Heaver Brick, M. A. Hawkins '18 Swing Lo. J. Melcher...
...shame. But the fact is that, as a group, we do not stand dogmatically for war or peace. What we stand for, above all, is a democratic and enlightened method of deciding whether war or peace is our duty. What we are fighting against are the Prussian methods and spirit, which do at least seem to threaten Harvard's ideals of freedom and reason. We hate this Prussianism at home more than Prussian submarines abroad. This spirit has taken two marked forms already. I speak now of one only...