Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been as moulders of optimism, but representatives of opinion, that the Board has endeavored to speak. Its success is not in whether it has moulded opinion, but caused men to think...
...face to face with a great crisis. Forces are stirring our civilization to its foundations. Success in meeting this crisis depends upon our success in mobilizing the brains of the nation. We cannot longer take refuge behind such terms as 'charity' or 'correction.' We must go to the root of the trouble, and organize society so that a large part of our time and energy will not be wasted in making compensation for sins of omission. Even before the present crisis there were many serious problems to be facade; startling increase in insanity, the commission of crimes, and the rapid...
...always welcome the graduates, for in them we see, though as through a glass darkly, the prophecy of what we will some time be. Darkly, for it is apparent to all that while we shall attain to the success of the most successful, we shall never equal the mediocrity of those who have failed to stir the world. We shall never grow bald-headed or over-weight as some graduates do, or wear nose-glasses and starched collars, or carry umbrellas...
...agreeable to note that after our premature and tempestuous rejoicing over the success of the war loan, and our later and yet more tempestuous lamentations that it was to fail, it has now been subscribed with a fat surplus. Again we have been true to our national character, for the American likes to talk, and he talks a great deal; but when he is put to doing a job which must be done, he does...
...only must the loan be a success to insure the successful carrying on of the war and to make possible the thorough equipment of the army and navy, but it is at present the chief indication to the Allies and to Germany of how thoroughly this country is in the war. It is also the only way in which the majority of the people of this country can fulfill their share of the burden that the nation as a whole must bear. To give further opportunity for contributing to the loan, every bank in Cambridge and Boston will be open...