Word: vanguardism
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...Once on land we hustled to a camp and got shore down. Then we began the work which a vanguard must always do in preparation for that which is to follow. Of course, some of the work didn't have much to do with the rifle and bullet, or the bayonet, but it was and is necessary; at present of vastly greater importance that the above. With the necessity of five men behind the lines for one at the front the adage about the acorn and the oak is reversed to a large extent as regards war. The gigantic preparation...
...Jordan is an insurgent, a man in the vanguard of all progressive and humanitarian movements, and a telling, interesting speaker. Among Dr. Jordan's numerous publications on zoological and biological subjects are: "A Manual of Vertebrate Animals of Northern United States," "Fishes of North and Middle America, "Matka and Kotik," and "Animal Life." On humanitarian subjects his chief works have been "The Call of the Twentieth Century," "The Human Harvest," and "The Philosophy of Despair." He is prominently connected with the International Peace Movement...
These principles very soon developed themselves in Germany, and Professor Jahn of Berlin and his pupils, during the War of Independence, gave them a sudden and important celebrity. To the enthusiasm and skill of these young men, who formed the vanguard of Blucher's army, much of the fervent spirit of national resistance to the domination of the French is undoubtedly to be ascribed. The favor with which gymnastics were then regarded was universal. Kings and people vied with each other in extolling their worth and importance. But in the troublous times that followed the triumpus of the battle-field...
Patter of drops mid the branches, vanguard of the army behind them...