Word: summoning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...intimate counsels of the Air Service at Washington. Almost every week until the signing of the armistice he spent at least two or three days in the Government service travelling back and forth between Cambridge and Washington constantly. Frequently he hoped for a respite, but inevitably a telegram would summon him from Cambridge after he had been here two or three days...
...summon you to the comradeship of the Red Cross; I summon you in this next week to say how much and how sincerely and how unanimously you sustain the heart of the world...
...times of peace, many University graduates enter the Medical School. The present conditions summon all who would normally follow that course and all others who have any inclination to do so. In spite of the seeming avoidance of active participation, it is absolutely essential that some students enter the training corps of physicians. When undergraduates, especially Freshmen, plan their future schedule, let them not forget the needs of the medical corps...
...chiefly because younger men are not sufficiently developed. If the present system turns out the best possible army, and continues to do so, we gain by it. If, however, there is doubt as to its durability, or if men under age are as good soldiers, it seems fair to summon the latter, especially since they are less likely to have dependents. There are many between nineteen and twenty-one who have finished their education, but not really started their life work. Proof of equal ability, or a scarcity of older draftees, will bring them into the army...
...nations as such are fond of dilating on their past, that from contemplation of the greatness which has been theirs, they may summon up greater boldness for the present. That serves well our rhetoricians and 4th of July orators. But it has small value save as a pastime for the historically well grounded...