Word: valor
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...that they championed it with loyalty and courage. No matter how sincerely we reject the spirit that animated them, it is only generous to remember that they were equally sincere in following that spirit. No matter how misguided their ideal, as we see it, they supported their deal with valor and surrendered their lives to what they considered truth; hence, they are entitled to the name of hero and martyr. Heroism transcends the fleeting concepts of any single group or time. It must bespeak a noble answer to the call set forth in the past as well...
...hour has sounded when Paraguay must definitely withstand the invader. Our superior race will throw the invader back across the frontier and reconquer that which is ours. ... As before, when Paraguay gave the world an example of astonishing vigor and valor, so now we must demonstrate that our race retains these virtues of our fighting forefathers. We must repeat history...
...69th (which became the 168th Infantry) as its chaplain and later was commissioned a Major. For bravery under fire Father Duffy received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Croix de Guerre with Palm; he was made a member of the Legion of Honor, cited for valor. He was called "the ideal army chaplain and the ideal parish priest" by Patrick Cardinal Hayes. Said Father Duffy: "If anybody sticks a pin into me, he'll find that I'm very American, very Irish and very Catholic, but if he'll leave me alone...
...inevitability natural to such situations. A few vegetables, a few soft heads, it was the usual time had by all in the usual manner. But tragedy stalked from Billings to Stover. The law injected a sordid note when the first cop pulled the first tear bomb. What had been valor and pleasantry became stark and earnest and the Freshmen wished they had never left home...
...read effusive speeches to women's banquets. He has to listen to a song called "Scotty Boy" written about himself. As in the case of Lindbergh, there seems to be an estrangement between the hero and his mother, in this case caused by her excessive enthusiasm for his valor...