Word: war
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...many years Lieutenant Gammon has held a commission from the Chinese government. He was with the allied armies during the Boxer uprising and was at the siege of Tien Tain. At that time he was largely influential in bringing relief to the sufferers. After the war Lieutenant Gammon returned to America, where he has delivered many lectures in all parts of the country concerning his experiences in China. The views which will be shown tonight are from photographs taken by himself during his stay in the far east...
...War was referred to as one of the great factors in the growth of nations and in the advancement of civilization. By competitive struggle alone are nations, as well as individuals, compelled to seek further means of strength and better commodities for their own use. War he assigned as the cause of the tremendous growth of the United States...
Within a year aerial navigation has emerged from the realm of theory and speculation as a practical, though still undeveloped, commercial and war-time asset of marvelous possibilities. As recently as a year ago, when Mr. H. H. Clayton of the Blue Hill Observatory spoke in the Union on "Aerial Navigation," the names of the Wright brothers were the only ones generally known in connection with the subject; today dozens of men with several types of machines are solving in two continents the problems of man's flight. The conquest of the air by balloon and aeroplane will...
...three in number: History 3a, a history of the ancient world from Alexander the Great to Augustus; History 45, covering the history and monuments of the ancient East; and History 20h, a research course intended primarily for graduates, in which the origin and opening of the Second Punic War will be considered. Each will count as a half-course...
...war has passed into history, but the great lesson should always be with us; it taught men how to command, and what is more difficult--how to obey. It taught patriotism and the appreciation of liberty, not unbridled license, but that liberty which recognizes obedience. It taught the earth that the American flag is not just a piece of bunting which can be bought at any time for a song, but that it is the emblem of dignity and power of a great Republic, which can never be insulted but millions will spring to its defence...