Word: thought
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recently pointed out in these columns that democratic patriots should think for their country before they fight for it. The Harvard Union for American Neutrality now wishes to suggest some of the issues which must be thought out. For the fact of an overt act does not lead straight to a duty to fight Germany...
...have followed the dictates of impulse or of a form of Prussianistic spirit or even of patriotic sentimentalism. It seems quite evident that the very fact the latter have voluntarily sacrificed the time to take up a course which is far from enjoyable, indicates that they have thought carefully and unselfishly; realized their duty and done it. Most of those who have thought realize it is time to put thought into action...
France, the most ideally democratic country in the world today, thought out quickly what she had to do and set about to do it in a way so remarkably effective as to surprise the world. There was no referendum. To be sure, there was the universal service system in France. But that system (which the people as a whole voted for several years ago) in compelling responsibility, made the great mass of men think and fight with a finer spirit than thoughtless men can ever know. It was not referendum that made them think; it was the realization of their...
...should not come, as we trust it will not, those men who have done their part will feel no cause for regret. If war should come, as we feel it will, how many those men face their flag who talk so valiantly now of peace? Their thought, when they see their companions prepared in all earnestness to make good their loyalty, must be exceedingly bitter...
...least be sure that today the bold thing to do is also the wise and the necessary thing to do. We have been cautious and prudent. We have been patient to the verge of dishonor. At length it is permitted us to go forward, one in thought and deed, and to be in the sight of all men that high-spirited nation that...