Word: us
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...There was no doubt as to what he meant. The issue was at last clear to every American. The doubts which had troubled and divided us were dispelled in an instant. We were united and uplifted by an heroic act. We were not light-hearted. Every man knew that this act would probably lead to war, and every man knew that war might sweep away his property, his life or those he loved. There were no boisterous demonstrations. But every man felt a silent thankfulness that through his President he had now committed himself to a cause...
...Shall it, then, be war? This is for Germany, and not for us, to say. The President has taken the narrowest possible ground. He takes his stand on the sacrifice of 'American ships and of American lives,' although he had formerly taken the broader ground of humanity. He has given Germany the benefit of every doubt; and has scrupulously avoided any appearance of partisanship...
...desires of one nation, nor the delay of its young men. Preparation against calamity takes long. Yet calamity itself comes suddenly, overnight. We are so near war now that the sinking of one American ship, the wanton destruction of American lives, would draw us inevitably into the maelstrom...
...this time, as at few others, when many of his auditors may experience the struggle which the captain tells of, his lecture must take on a peculiar significance. The conditions he has undergone will not be duplicated for us. But the terrible proficiency of modern national internecine warfare makes many truths that are applicable to Belgium applicable also to New England or California...
...trust that our acquaintance with the horrors which so many brave young men are experiencing in Europe will be no closer than in the descriptions of men who have lived through them. We may know that should the necessities of existence impel us to a course we abhor but do not shun, neither the fearfulness nor the tragedy of war will keep one true man back...