Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...place of the men who have gone before, when Mars has given them up as a pawn, in the great game. The men at home are dropping the philosophical volume, the poets' lore, for the slide rule and the law of the chemist, in answer to the call of stern necessity. The arts are neglected while the sciences come into their own. And for the moment perhaps, this is best while Mars' cloud lowers on the horizon...
...respectively, have been changed about. S. Wadsworth, who earlier in the week had been advanced from the second shell to displace R. E. Bronson at seven, rowed yesterday at three, while S. Damon, who had been on that seat, was shifted to Wadsworth's place in the stern...
...essential to the war's prosecution must learn that laying down their work to bleed the Government for their own selfish benefit is little short of treason. No punishment is too severe for such men. If they cannot freely put forth their best, they may be met by a stern curtailment of their liberty. This much is certain, the time for barter with unionism has long passed...
...most important thing that the country can learn at this time touching the world situation is the fact, the actual fact, the stern fact, that we are engaged in war. We are so far removed from the conflict, there is so little suffering about us, so little that speaks of war, that the mind can hardly grasp the fact that the Nation is mobilizing with tremendous rapidity its entire strength for the supreme effort ahead of it, and that those in authority realize that this strength in the fullest is going to be needed. The people...
...admire your people greatly. The splendid spirit of the women who have suffered such terrible losses and still keep their lively, friendly ways, the stern determination of the men and the bright, happy little children all appeal strongly to me. I am proud to be among them...