Word: without
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...universities of England and France are bearing with cheerful heroism far more than their share of the terrible burden imposed by the present war. Without exception they have given lavishly of their very best. Many of the university grounds and buildings in Oxford and Cambridge are being used by the military and hospital authorities; the only students left in residence are cripples, Hindus, Americans, and women; most of the younger dons are at the front or on their way there, and a large proportion of the older ones are serving the cause in one way or another at home...
...league plans to abolish war by minimizing the value of preparedness. This will be done by a contract between nations not to go to war with each other until the matter has been referred to arbitration. All the nations will bind themselves to fight against one which declares war without referring the matter to a tribunal...
...uncertain. We have been fascinated by the idea of arbitration, of an international tribunal, of conferences at the Hague, of treaties to regulate peace and war; and yet everyone knows that in the relations of private individuals such arrangements, valuable as they are, would be insufficient without a power to enforce them. In private life, contracts would be broken frequently, if no damages could be exacted for the breach. But nations are not more scrupulous than individuals in breaking an agreement when the temptation is strong, and war comes only when temptation is strong and passion or pressure is great...
...with one another before submitting the matter in dispute -- whether strictly a question of international law or not--to an impartial body selected to examine it; and that all the members shall pledge themselves to declare war on any of their number that begins hostilities against another without submitting the question in that...
...sudden attack and hence would be less anxious to go to war. The mere fact of delay would give time for sober second thought, and for the advocates of peace within the country itself to make their protests heard. If time is given, war can hardly be made without the support of public opinion, and the dream of those who have been urging that the people must be consulted would be fulfilled. In short, the essence of the proposal is the enforcement of delay...