Word: odium
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first step in exorcising this Bolshevik demon in Harvard or anywhere else, is analysis. There is no purpose in attaching the odium of pro-Germanism, of insidious foreign propaganda, of bomb throwing, and of dark plotting to the man who is merely speculating as to governmental theory and practice or wondering about a line of decisions of our supreme court...
...totally independent of universal military service. Switzerland, for example, maintains a system of military training that has proved of inestimable value alike to the individual and to the nation; yet, few would venture to say that Switzerland is "burdened with an incubus" or that it suffers from "the odium of professional militarism...
...carrying out this program of universal training we must, as Colonel Goetz states, be careful to avoid "the odium of professional militarism". To accomplish this, our army camps are to embody the "worthy and important object of training first of all for better citizenship." This, of course, begs the whole question...
...problem seems to be, how to have a professional military, without incurring the odium attached to it. It certainly is a big problem and it certainly is a big problem and it certainly is an enormous odium. Even a professional soldier wishes to avoid the odium of militarism, and so our army is to be that fine institution, a school! This certainly is a notable transformation...
...afraid of names. If we are to be militaristic let us try the case on its merits and not befog the issue. If universal military training has anywhere proved a guarantee of peace and prosperity, let us know it. If militarism has an odium, let us know that too, and guide ourselves accordingly. J. W. MILLER...