Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...original purchaser of the bonds should keep them and not relinquish them to another person. If they are so relinquished, the bonds passed become instantly another's contribution, instead of that of the original purchaser. Public sentiment is now demanding absolute support of the war, and nothing but actual possession of the bonds, paid in full by the original purchaser, is complete satisfactory evidence of his contribution, made in that form, to American victory. LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE OF NEW ENGLAND...
...American sympathy for Ireland there has never been any question. Ties of blood and ties of sentiment have created a union of hearts from which the Irish people have never failed to draw comfort. But there is a class of Irish agitators in this country--a few of them aliens and temporary residents--who in the emergency of the war are disposed to misuse their opportunities. From their places of safety they are bent on stirring up mischief in Ireland with the obvious purpose of giving aid to the enemies of this country. With them the great mass...
...ever-recurrent question of finding a satisfactory substitute for the hammer-throw on the usual schedule of the events in track meets will again be argued. The sentiment in favor of abolishing the event entirely has become increasingly strong and some decisive action on the subject is expected...
Many will say that a year ago the United States did not want war. To make such a statement now would be preposterous. Why the change in sentiment? A more complete knowledge of the hellishness of German and Teuton intrigue has been the means, the accompanying realization that the world must be made safe for democracy, is responsible for that change. So long as public opinion is determined that the ultimate welfare of civilization demands the defeat of Germany, Prussianism is doomed. America believes now, as never before, that the fate of humanity rests with her. Such an ideal...
...election is interesting not because the vote of a Democrat or a Republican or a Socialist more or less will have any effect upon the legislation of the Senate, but because it will indicate the change, or lack of change, in sentiment in that hitherto pacifistic state. More than half the representatives from Wisconsin voted against declaring war last April and the legislature has only been induced after the lapse of a year to censure the notoriously disloyal La Follette. While the majority of the press and public men have since come out in support of the Government...