Word: strength
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Lowell has promised to speak at the first meeting of the Harvard League of Nations Society, which has been organized in the University to show the strength of the feeling that exists here for a union of nations to enforce peace...
...news from Europe causes us to rejoice. But at the same time it makes us thoughtful. We feel the seriousness of the coming months. We know that the good of the nation will demand even greater moral and mental strength than was demanded by the war. To keep the world safe, to substitute better ideals for those that are outworn, to protect the weak, to direct the powerful, to build social machinery that will serve all classes and all nations without injustices--here are some of the tasks confronting us. Boston Traveler...
...interesting to talk to the German wounded prisoners of whom I have had quite a number. They all feel that the war is over and they seem very glad of it. They realize how much they have been deceived by their superiors regarding the fighting strength of the Americans...
...crisis was at hand in Massachusetts in the election we have just witnessed. Woodrow Wilson, the leader of this nation, asked the people of the United States to lend him strength and support by sending to the National legislature those men who were unquestionably in sympathy with the methods which have won the President a place in the world's history as a leader of the destinies of nations...
...There can be no doubt of the issue. The spirit that is revealed and the manner in which Americans responded to the call is indomitable. I have no doubt that you will use your utmost strength to maintain that spirit and to carry it forward to the final victory that will certainly be ours...