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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the chief sally-port of the new world's war against the Central Empires of the old world has been virtually destroyed. And whether or not they had any hand in this calamity, how fiercely our enemies will rejoice at the sorrow and destruction that have befallen us...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Halifax. | 12/8/1917 | See Source »

...soldier-philosopher, nearer to the horrors than any of us, sees the war as the averter of evil. Good it may bring; but that is speculative. Ill it has prevented; of that, as he writes in his trench with death and devastation around him, he feels assured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Averted Evil. | 12/7/1917 | See Source »

...awakened us from our dream. The fascination of German efficiency and German philosophy no longer enthralls us. The peril that we in time, with other nations, might have been wholly "kulturized" is averted. This is one great service that the war has done the world. The Australian soldier realized it, and so felt justified as he fought his last hard battle to the end. --Chicago Evening Post

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Averted Evil. | 12/7/1917 | See Source »

...families and friends before going to war. It seems an unnecessary parting thrust at the student as he leaves; it gives him a decidedly bad taste of Harvard to carry with him through life. These examinations could be a week earlier; such a favor would be highly appreciated by us...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OFFICIAL FRIGHTFULNESS | 12/7/1917 | See Source »

...been able to cripple Russia in war activity. They have not made peace yet. They shall find a potentiality in that mass of people, who still have political uneasiness and stage-fright, which can overthrow their machinations. If the Bolsheviki leaders are to be decorated with some order, let us present them with thirty pieces of silver. Let not they who would stoop to anything wear a badge which has been the badge of honorable attainment. If the Nobel committee at Stockholm grants the requests of these Norwegian Socialists, then Nobel will have difficulty in resting in his grave...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEACE PRIZE? | 12/6/1917 | See Source »

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