Word: tools
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact that such incidents as the above do still happen should be sufficient to make us more guarded against assuming any over-confidence. Success is by no means guaranteed by education. What has been said before still applies today, that education is nothing more nor less than an effective tool, the successful application of which depends on hard and intelligent work. Our training must be regarded as a privilege not to be abused by any false notion of inherent superiority merely because of the fact that we number a diploma among our possessions...
...favor of a censored press or any policy of repression, except, of course, as the war demanded it. New ideas must find expression and stand or fall on their own merits. But we deplore the fact that "liberty" should be viewed solely as an engine of destruction--a tool to overthrow the existing authority and satisfy the vague--desires of visionaries...
...backwards and upside down, as he should, his platoon will be a machine that can overcome the disciplined hosts of the Kaiser. But if he lacks that absolute knowledge he will lack self-confidence and character, and his men, reflecting the spirit of their leader, will be a futile tool against the disciplined...
...today we learn that Rumania has bowed before the Kaiser, that Dobrudja has been ceded to the Central Powers, and that German and Turkish troops press on along the Black Sea to the very borders of Persia. Rumania a vassal of Austria, Bulgaria a willing tool, and vast territories wrung from Russia complete a brief but overwhelming accomplishment. The German tide, which we believed to be receding, has reached its highest flood. The Allies futilely hammer on the Western Front and their enemies reap whole nations in a seemingly irresistible advance. The world, as seen from our shores, presents...
...room for at least 120 horses in these stables. At the entrance end of the stable is located the saddle room, in which the saddles and harnesses are stored on racks and other equipment in cases, and at the opposite end the dispensary and room for the stable sergeant, tool-room, and blacksmith shop...