Word: knighthood
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This war is not horrible and a thing to be shunned as some old men, enwrapped in terror, would believe. Nor is it a youthful adventure, in which brave young men may aspire to the love-knots and golden spurs of knighthood. It is a hard and rather dirty business which must be carried out in the wisest way, with due attention to its quickest and complete accomplishment. It must be carried out by those who are most able to do so, by those who, having reached an age of manhood, assume the responsibility of defending the older...
...faults of a democracy lies apparently in the fact that while education is more widely diffused its quality is somewhat diluted. High scholarship is not honored in America as it is abroad. Other countries recognize the attainments of their learned citizens by some particular distinction: England by knighthood, France by membership in one of the famous learned societies. Efforts have frequently been made here to establish some such governmental honor, but Congress has always considered it out of harmony with the principles of a democracy...
...Harvard Dramatic Club has selected Mr. Frank Reicher, the producing manager of H. B. Harris, as coach for the play. Mr. Beicher is a well-known manager and actor, having played in "Barbara Fritchie," "When Knighthood was in Flower," and having produced "On the Eve," and "The Sunken Bell," in which Julia Marlowe played...