Word: timidation
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...published and article by R. K. Hack on "The Case for humility" which every member of American educational institutions, both undergraduates and faculty, would do well to read. Mr. Hack has attempted to bring peace to the continually warring Modernist and Humanist parties, but not in any weak, timid spirit--he does not tell these men to stop fighting because the present educational system is correct. Far from it! But Mr. Hack does print out that the only thunder the Modernist has is that the Humanist is all wrong, while the continuous cry of the Humanist is that the Humanist...
...believed, however, that the young men of this nation are not yet of such timid heart that the remoteness of the call to service may cheer them. If they are, if those ten million men will regard the twentieth part chosen as unfortunate, and the twentieth part will lament the injustice of a fate that calls them to the road of courage, then five hundred thousand drafted men were worth less than the English first army, volunteers for which almost fought for the opportunity to fight...
...anxiety of indecision. We have not known that to do. There is nothing more wearing on the courage of a brave people than to know that it is bound by the shackles of inaction, that in spite of all its strength it must await the weakness of the most timid of its leaders...
There are serious times ahead. Timid messages of caution or good-will are past. The Allies have had our sympathy and moral support for the last two years, but the righteous opportunity has come for us to change our attitude. From now on our every element of strength should be concentrated on the task of suppressing a military power that has long lost regard for the most fundamental and humane rights of other peoples. Sacrifices by American citizens must be made and they will be made readily and joyfully. Yet the sooner the American manufacturer, banker, professor, business...
...timid souls that quail