Word: ideals
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There has been a great deal said about the tragedy of the thousands of brave men who have given up their lives for the perpetuation of an ideal. Yet there has been nothing said about the tragedy of those who have made no sacrifice...
Those who gave liberty to our nation might in all probability never have fought for the cause which inspired the men of the Civil War. Those men might never have fought for the cause which we undertake. Generation gives way to generation, and ideal replaces ideal...
...manufacturer who stamped that flag upon his napkins held willingly in contempt the symbol of the nation's greatness. He turned to a cheap and personal use that ideal which may never be cheap nor personal...
...night, insanely and brutally took vengeance on one man, were inspired by a spirit of patriotism which is as false as it is evil. Not by violence may the great democracy be made steadfast. They, ignorant of the meaning of liberty, used the methods of violence to defend an ideal which they could not comprehend...
...salute, however, as has been often pointed out, is not a personal recognition but homage to an ideal. The cadet who fails properly to recognize his officers either through carelessness or through a misplaced sense of the incongruous, is not neglecting the particular officer in the case. He is neglecting the mark of loyalty to his service. Behind each officer is the army. And behind the army is the nation...