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...diet of man has been the subject for many dissertations, more or less profound, from that early day when the delectable Eve bit into the delectable apple, and found it good. It is a rule established in civilized countries that horses eat oats, men eat bread, and the barnyard fowl eat anything they can get. However, this rule does not hold in the less highly cultured parts of Africa, where, it is rumored, polite society is fond of serpent and other things, nicely browned...
...This is likely to prove a long, hardwar. We will all probably have ample opportunities 'to do our bit.' I want to urge men who are convinced that they are prevented by perfectly valid reasons from rendering military service at this time to do their bit now by holding...
...with the heroic query of "Oh say, can you see?" Finding that no one can see we relapse into a humming monotone, cheerful, although unintelligible. It is only at "the rockets' red glare, the bombs' bursting in air," that our patriotic choruses come out with full assurance again. That bit or warlike description has fixed in our memory where other things have faded. This speaks somewhat for the power of our associations with the 4th of July...
...repaid an equal determination and an equal willingness to give--of their time and work and intelligence--must come from the undergraduates and from other members of the Harvard Regiment. It is this for which I appeal. Enrolment must be speedy and complete. Every man must do his bit and his best to keep the Regi- ment "in the pink of condition" and at the height of efficiency. Let us show the country, each one, of us by his own individual effort, that we mean to put this thing through. Let us show the Government that we can equal...
...their part, but they report that there is great difficulty in securing help. Thousands have gone to work in the munitions factories. At this time, we should be willing to work on the farm, thinking of it not so much for the wages, but as patriotic service. Every bit of spare ground should be cultivated...