Word: faltering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their possessions and trying to bring some sort of order out of great chaos, to make some sort of a home out of great devastation, to find, some kind of living in a land destroyed,--working bravely, looking cheerfully at a scene which would cause the stoutest to falter, and then pitching in--that I think is one of the saddest sights...
...service of the destroyers on the deep, to drive rivets in the biting blasts of zero weather, to subscribe to Liberty Bonds, to give to the Red Cross and to count nothing of any value except the winning of the war. The man who thinks that Americans may falter is either a traitor at heart or ignorant of the spirit that dominates the American people in this hour. Men of money are coming forward, most of them in a way that is most generous. Shipbuilders and owners of munition plants are showing their patriotism. The spirit of America is that...
...with any feeling of weakness, nor any terror, will our young American officers go to the front. From the death of many the life of the nation may be conserved. Knowing that, they will not falter, though the time granted to them be short...
That time of timidity is now past. We have entered on the road which can have no turning. In the knowledge that we may not falter lies our strength...
...heads on the wall may take on a sardonic grin, the face of our noted graduate may scowl from the canvas, the dowagers may fall asleep, and the tenderest member of the class become inebriated on the lemonade punch, but the music will not cease, nor the rhythmic footsteps falter. It is a great life. We may become leaders of the world in after years, but only once may we be Juniors at the dance. In later times we shall tell our children and our children's children of the glories of that magnificent ball, when the daughters...