Word: usurped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...course there are people who howl loudly against even such a proposal. Prussianism! Military life to usurp the place of a happy life! Terrific expense to the Government! Many ejaculations of like nature sum up the arguments of the objectors. As yet the issue has not been placed directly before the country but it probably will be before long. In any event the arguments pro and con will not change appreciably; and the way the fires of disunion are breaking out today, it would not be impossible that people will clamor for universal training in order to protect the country...
Although certain Harvard men are making the appearance of a new magazine the occasion for a little merriment, the affair may not forever have a humorous tinge. If the real publication has applied for a copyright it will not do for other persons to usurp its name and announce that they, too, have obtained a copyright, with all rights reserved. Ordinarily the Government has something to say about proceedings of this kind. Boston Transcript...