Word: surest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...militia. At present we can mobilize at most 105,000 efficient men. A war, coming suddenly, as wars do today, would find us helpless. Moreover our growing power and possessions require a large army, not only for protection against war, but also as a preventative of war. For the surest way to discourage other nations from entering war is to be prepared to meet them...
...Withington '12 spoke of the value of athletics to an undergraduate. He urged every one to make friendships and said that athletics were the surest means to that end. Inexperience is not an excuse for non-participation in some form of athletic work. If a man tries for some team, he keeps in training and avoids the danger of losing his own self respect...
Captain Howe and Philbin were the surest men on the Eli team to gain ground. Holy Cross was greatly handicapped by the poor passing of her centre, which allowed the score to pile up higher than it otherwise would have...
...building up of the United States Navy. The efficiency of the United States Navy and its ability in very fact to guarantee by itself the neutrality of the Panama Canal will add immensely to our practical efficiency as a people in working for peace; and the surest way to destroy all power on our part to work for peace, and to render our conduct in seeking peace a subject of derision and contempt among the nations of mankind, would be to abandon the work of upbuilding the United States Navy and to refrain from fortifying the Panama Canal. The conduct...