Word: us
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...increased trade or for the slaughter of little governments or for the conquest of lands beyond the seas. Our desires are clean of the thought of gain. The hope of a peace based upon national tolerance has led us to take up arms against that government which wills no peace and comprehends no tolerance. Is there now one statesman so unwise as to say we lack ideals, that our only thought is of gain while the whole world bleeds...
...indeed, will go so far as to take exception at the latter? And, by the way, the supposed "sop" he throws out to our outraged feelings in his last paragraph is wholly unnecessary. Not only that, but it mars the delightful anathema which Mr. Carpenter has hurled at us...
...willing to enter on the final and most awful test of national greatness. We have never rushed blindly nor conquest-mad to war. We do not rush blindly now. We have endured beyond the point of all endurance, because the sense of justice and forebearance is so keen in us as a people that we hesitate lest one right thinking man might say we have been over-hasty. We may endure no longer, no longer if we desire honor from great nations or pride in ourselves...
...expecting calls to join military units in preparation for war, the plays may prove a replica of the great ball in Brussels on the eve of the battle of Waterloo. If they do, if war is declared, may the Dramatic Club's endeavors prove an omen for us as the festivities at Brusseis did for the British...
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...