Word: feelings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have been rash and impetuous in opposing our feelings to the well-considered opinions of President Lowell, President Wilson, General Wood, other prominent men. We may have been foolish to try to set the eager spirit of youth against the mature judgment of those who are in a position to know what is right. But with this same enthusiasm we do feel that after three years of college, during which time he will surely obtain the very best it can offer him, the average undergraduate should answer the call. It is the greatest call the world has ever known...
...this change will come to this country in due time. America will soon feel the war as it really can make itself felt. You do not yet know the awful dread with which England's homes have awaited each casualty list. When the time comes, and when the country reaches a stage where, as in England or France, every man you meet who is out of uniform immediately explains his lack of khaki without being asked; then America will be really, heartily in the war, and will truly understand the necessity...
...That's the way I feel, and if you can make other people feel that way, you will be continuing the good work you were doing when I left College...
...without practical drill, the Corps would be unable to make a creditable showing. I, however, held no such fear concerning the regiment, and was greatly pleased to see that my firm belief in the men was well-founded. The general appearance of the troops was excellent throughout, and I feel certain that the Corps will make a most creditable showing in the parade in Boston next week...
...even the legal eye. I, for one, have no such ambitions, even if I were to live and try for 'a thousand years. But though the aim be only to hint at a useful tendency--that, too, takes a certain amount of effort and patience. That is why I feel the need of coming back to the attack, on that little matter of the aims of education...