Word: girding
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Said the Commission: "The American people must not repeat the mistakes of the European democracies. Without becoming victims of hysteria, they should resolutely refuse to nourish pleasing illusions and should proceed in all haste to prepare for the worst . . . gird themselves to face the darkest period of their history. . . . In this world a people must be strong or perish." Main job facing the schools, said the Commission, is mobilization for moral defense. Its proposals: American Dream: "The American people . . . have taken their blessings for granted . . . lack a clear perception of what is at stake. . . . Education can help to clarify...
...thinking of you deeply while you are sharing with me our profound attachment and complete dedication to our immortal country. Gird yourselves to face difficult tests, together with allied Germany, with uncrushable faith in mastering them...
...aggression in the Mediterranean area, announced she would "fulfill her obligations." At Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia, Franklin Roosevelt served notice that the Democracy of the U. S. would aid the Democracies of France and Britain with all available resources (see p. 13). It would gird and train for the worst...
...will then be faced with the unpleasant prospect of possible conflict. Then and only then can war take on an inevitable quality which still must be tempered by allowance for diplomatic contingencies. At that time national defense must go into high gear; only then will it be necessary to gird our loins for the struggle with Mephistopheles. Conscription today is unnecessary for America's best interests and dangerous as one step nearer to involvement in the present...