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...There was no wild outburst of enthusiasm for war in either England or any of the other countries when we saw that Germany was bound to cause our entrance into the war. We knew what we were up against and realized that it was different from all former wars. The situation was much similar to the one Voltaire was placed in when he was asked if he was in favor of capital punishment and replied, 'Certainly, let the assassins begin.' The war is being fought by the Germans on Allied territory, and is being carried nearer and nearer...
...officer must exercise self-control even under the most trying circumstances, even when someone has blundered. There will be a lot of mistakes made; we expect them; they are bound to happen. But when the game begins, do your command as it is given. Back your officer, back your country, back your Government. There must be team play, regardless of whether or not we think the command is the right...
...anxiety of the last few months has been the anxiety of indecision. We have not known that to do. There is nothing more wearing on the courage of a brave people than to know that it is bound by the shackles of inaction, that in spite of all its strength it must await the weakness of the most timid of its leaders...
...action of the trustees at Columbia University in calling for an inquiry as to the political doctrines of various professors in that institution need occasion no surprise. It is true, of course, that the cry of academic freedom is bound to be raised whenever an attempt is made to put any damper on these ebullitions, but to the minds of most laymen there is no good reason why a decent respect for the opinions of mankind should not characterize the utterances and actions of scholars as of other...
...these letters request detailed accounts of the men's experiences and of the work accomplished. This information together with any portraits of the men, original letters to friends, photographs illustrating their work, and whatever appears in print describing their experiences will be filed in permanent form or put in bound volumes and preserved in the Widener Library...