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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...latter date it says: "It would be well if we could put off till tomorrow what seems obnoxious today. But war will not be put off. . . . We are now so near war that the sinking of one American ship, the wanton destruction of American lives, would draw us inevitably into the maelstrom." Since that date the second American ship has been sunk and other American lives destroyed but we are not yet at war. The cocksureness of the CRIMSON has not even pulled us...
...resisting imaginary attacks the CRIMSON leads a busy life. But the CRIMSON might leave those matters to the diplomats and concern itself with the promotion of frank and intelligent discussion among its readers of the issues upon which we may have to fight. If we must fight let us at least know why we fight and what our gains will be. R. MCCANTS ANDREWS...
Anything, from the change of a degree title to greater concessions, which binds America to Europe more closely may strengthen us in that belief now so sadly shaken, that the commonwealth of knowledge knows no nation, and no geographical barriers...
Some of those who are at present shouting in our ears that war is inevitable tell us that our country must go into it from motives of humanity. "Remember our murdered citizens," is the cry. Yes, let us throw ourselves into the conflict and avenge the death of these blockade-runners by the sacrifice of a thousand times their number--doubtless the dead will rest easier in their graves. I us retaliate for our loss of ships by offering our entire merchant marine, out of the war-zone as well as in, as food for submarines. Let us paralyze...
...cannot believe that Harvard men would not flock to the standard the moment any definite action was taken. We cannot believe that Mr. Cecil H. Smith and his disciples are ardent pro-Germans. But for the good of the University, the country and the world, let us try to avoid such a hindering spirit, and to put in its place an honest desire to help the country up on its feet, eventually to enforce a lasting peace. PAUL W. INGRAHAM...