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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time will be given to theoretical and practical instruction than was given to the Regiment last year, but undergraduates must realize that the country is under constant danger of war. This is no time for men to grumble at the increased hours of drill, because any morning may find us at war. If men await further developments before they enroll in the unit, they will in reality be just as disgraceful slackers as those who fail to volunteer in time of need. The country will want trained officers if war comes more than any number of eager raw recruits. Harvard...
...country, and ever bear in mind the words of Bacon that "the chief duties of life are more Important than life itself." There can be no higher duty than to serve the country to the utmost of our ability when the hour of stress and trial is upon us...
...haying established a real blockade England can, under international law, refuse to allow neutrals to trade with Germany. England has at times overstepped her rights but American pocketbooks, not American lives, have suffered. America may be a land of dollar-worshippers, but there is a finer sense left in us yet which for once has made us look beyond our purses, at the rights and honor due to American citizens...
...make no provision for the safety of the crews of the vessels destroyed, and intend to sink merchant ships on sight. Such action of course is a direct repudiation of all German promises to America. The second apparent fact is that Germany has had the insolence to dictate to us just how many ships we may send to England, when they must arrive, what port they must sail to, and how they must be painted! As she has no blockade, Germany has absolutely no right to claim control over commerce with England. The German mailed fist has pulled American...
There is nothing so bad for a country as war and what follows it. We learned that lesson in the Civil War. The enemy got ahead of us there. Do not let us repeat the mistake...