Word: dieingly
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...made by Lieutenant Morize, who spoke at some length on the added significance of Memorial Day this year, and the lessons we must learn from our dead. He showed how the men who have given their lives to their country teach us not only how to die, but also how to live. "The simile of one runner handing on the torch to the next, never letting the flame die out, is ever true," he declared, "and let us remember that the fewer the number remaining, the higher will mount the flame. I can see you young men reaching out with...
...were torn away 47 years ago. It is a question of right, and right you cannot bargain with. We did not want this war, we did not prepare for it--it was waged against us with the most utter disregard of the laws of humanity and we prefer to die than to fail in our demand for justice...
...supported as it should be, it becomes the duty of all undergraduates, particularly the Freshmen, to do their part toward keeping it in existence. No one wants compulsory chapel and there is little chance of it being advocated, but the present institution must not be allowed to die. An individual resolution to go to chapel at least twice a week would form a good beginning and would cause many students to start attending the morning services regularly. Let the undergraduates see for themselves whether or not the chapel is worth saving...
...always tried to do right, as they saw the right, and for a day or two I was sick and discouraged and felt that even God had gone back on me. But I can see now that perhaps after all it was a very wonderful privilege for him to die in that way,--in defence of his country and doing his best to uphold the right as he saw it and if I have to go the same way I shall regard it as an honor and a privilege...
...proud griefs that our allies have suffered before us. We honor our dead as brave men who have given everything for a cause, but we must not stop to mourn too long. The greatest service we can do them is to "carry on" against the power that made them die...