Word: argument
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...That internationalism will destroy patriotism is no argument," he continued, "for the growth of Prussia which ended in patriotism was against the principles of humanity. As every political truth has its limitations, so has patriotism...
...whole of this argument is obviously delusive since it depends upon the thesis that neutrality is possible in any future world-war. If the events of the past four years have demonstrated anything, they have demonstrated the falsity of that assumption. The years of American neutrality were, for herself, economically gainful; but they were in no sense morally valuable. It was, moreover, obvious that the situation in Europe would not permit either America or any other neutral permanently to profit by the misfortunes of her neighbors. No nation which, like Great Britain, has cultivated sea-power, can afford to sacrifice...
Nearly all of us can remember with what savage pride we read of the Pyrrhic victory of the British troops at Bunker Hill, or of the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Nor have the wounds occasioned by the Civil War been entirely healed; rash argument and unreasoning dissension still have their way in many an oral encounter...
...ring in my ears henceforth--our tocsin! the tocsin of a hundred million people speaking one wrath and one purpose. It was, it is, our answer to the great gun in the woods of St. Gobain, shelling the churches on Good Friday. It stoops to no further mockery of argument or negotiation, yet says as definitely as human voice ever spoke "In the name of God and humanity, and of a just and permanent peace to a free world, NO TREATIES MADE THIS SIDE THE RHINE." --The Outlook...
...sure, has been spread in China, but the split between northern and southern provinces is due purely to Chinese politics. China is united at least in sentiment against Germany. Active resistance against the Germans, therefore, would not tend to continue the disruption, but would be the strongest possible argument for a reconciliation of the opposing factions and a permanently united China...