Word: us
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...well to remember that the world was not lightly spoken which is now rather lightly spoken which is now rather lightly repeated, that the greatest of virtues is charity. That applies not merely to this fund, or to this cause, but to other causes which cry out to us with an unanswerable voice from a devastated world...
...Briggs, whose face is familiar to most of us in the delivery room here, is now in France on Leave of absence. He is in the service of the Y. M. C. A., and he is also the representative in France of the American Library Association, so that he will probably direct the supply and distribution of books there...
...calm and dignified manner, so much so that the most devout disciple of parlementarianism will be delighted. The time for mob enthusiasm has long been past; and the organizers of this meeting are well aware of it. The time for sitting down and working on national problems is with us at this hour. The war with Germany is a grave problem. It was thought three years ago that the Allies could defeat Germany by starving her or through some other ingenious means. The thinking men now know that the Teuton is to be whipped only in a thoroughly military...
...duty devolves on us in college. There is more than a probability that we shall be called into actual service. But whether this be true or not, our education must include that which will fit us either for fighting or for directing. The nation is looking to us as leaders in a few years. Some knowledge of military history, military science, or military theory will be necessary...
...giving one cent to the fund, and friends will be none the wiser. But it will be proportionately difficult to silence that bothersome conscience, which demands that we help to make spare hours of our soldiers a time in which they can better themselves. There are not many of us who are too poor to padlock our purses to such an extent that we cannot say we helped establish these libraries...