Word: comfort
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Yard some-time before dawn. If this nocturnal performance is necessary to the health and happiness of the ensigns, why cannot a more auspicious site be chosen for it? There are a dozen places in or near the Yard that could be selected with better consideration for the comfort of others. The war being over the students see no merit in the continued sacrifice of rest on their part, and since a change in the scene of activities cannot be deteriorative to the performance in any degree, they feel that their cause is just and should have prompt attention...
...United War Workers of the World, for such they may be called, have from the start taken upon themselves the task of sustaining the morale and ministering to the comfort of our soldiers both overseas and at home. This work has involved no end of courage and sacrifice. Time and again a soldier has mentioned in his letter in glowing words of praise the work of the various charitable organizations which have done their utmost to make war less of a dreary and meaningless existence and more like the life at home...
...Philip Comfort Starr...
...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...
...arise from motives, and motives are formed by inherited traits and acquired training. The former are beyond our power to change; the latter demands our immediate attention. In all the instances I have given above, the motive of the action was openly selfish and materialistic: private gain or personal comfort was the end desired. This materialistic motive pervades all human society at the present time; it lies at the heart of the social problem. Unfortunately, the evil is a difficult one to remedy; an easier and more effective method is to prevent it. Does Mr. Lazarus think this...