Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been the case thus far, destructive. Only in this way can those who deserve the severe treatment of the law be sifted from the large majority of right-thinking working men, and the possibility of serious labor disturbances next spring be prevented. The government has an enormous but imperative task upon its hands. A general appreciation of its difficulties and the support of popular opinion will do much to aid it in its work...
Military drill is in general hard, unpleasant work. To carry a gun on the shoulder is not an exhilarating task. There is none of the glory of the gridiron. Yet even such labor becomes enjoyable when troops are well led,--when they have an inspiration. Lieutenant Morize was our ideal last year; we are confident that during this year he will once more lead us to battle on the marshes of Waverly and through the clay of Belmont...
...unless those who stay here hold themselves just as true on a fixed course, they will become "mere onlookers, helpless to aid in the struggle. In some ways," he went on, "it is harder for us at home than for those who are fighting, for they have a concrete task before them, while we apparently have only a stale, dull, unimportant routine ahead...
...undergraduate will have to change from a mild prodigal son type to that of a careful planner. Otherwise he will miss much of the pleasure which his monthly dividends from home are able to give him. In its performances he may look upon this as a most disagreeable task. A great many fathers, however, are going to rejoice secretly that a government measure can do good in some respect, even though they first viewed it as confiscation...
...many months. The finishing touches which a regular training will put on them is bound to produce the kind of officer our country is looking for. Harvard has the French Officers, an almost perfect organization and a large body of serious, willing workers--three elements essential to the task which those who fostered the University regiment sought to do. It will take something decidedly more powerful than mere rumor to destroy all the good which has been brought about by the University corps...