Word: things
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...halls has come up to snuff. There ought to be a hundred men out in each one every Monday, instead of the paltry 20 or 30 who have been attending. The result is that the jubilee is in the balance. It will be necessary to call the whole thing off unless the class immediately evinces more interest, shows more spirit. Each man must do his share. Forty-five minutes of song once or twice a week is not too much of a drain, even on the time of the busiest men; and these meetings are really more fun than work...
...thing for America to do is to support the war," said Secretary Baker in his first public statement after returning from his trip to the battle lines of Europe, last week. "The right arm of America is in France, bared and ready to strike hard. The body is here in the United States, and it must support and invigorate that...
...from coming elections is no unmixed blessing. There are partisan elements in all elections which we would have permanently discarded, but the party system itself is a source of strength in a democracy and one which should not be tossed aside lightly. If the party system is a bad thing in time of war, it is just as pernicious in time of peace. The character of candidates ought to be a consideration of importance, but it does not mean obliteration of parties. Of course, all platforms will be American. They will be composed of one big plank--Victory...
...most gratifying thing about this war is that the bulk of men of all callings have been ready to make whatever sacrifice the authorities have asked them to make. There has been a hearty response by the American people to the call to fight in the trenches, to meet the perils of death in the service of the destroyers on the deep, to drive rivets in the biting blasts of zero weather, to subscribe to Liberty Bonds, to give to the Red Cross and to count nothing of any value except the winning of the war. The man who thinks...
...evidence Saturday. That confidence must not be allowed to become overconfidence. Reports of large oversubscriptions of individual towns and many of the newspaper headlines which seem to indicate that the Loan is already sure to succeed must not be allowed to produce a spirit of blind optimism. The same thing has happened in the two previous Loans and we can all remember the intense work of the last few days that was necessary to attain the required goal...