Word: patiently
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...with that at Annapolis. He worked untiringly for our advancement, taking pains to include in his program every detail which would make our training as officers more complete. As an instructor and a drill-master he showed a tense interest in every man in his course, working with patient thoroughness and a degree of fairness that from the start won for him the esteem and love of us all. What is to be admired above all this, however, is the grit which led him, in spite of failing health, to devote himself to the service of his country...
...pronouncing its autopsy. Or to make sure that it is not suffering from some hidden malady, let them call in consultation as medical advisers, the Justices of the Supreme Court. What would be their decision, and what has it been in similar cases in the past? That the patient may have received a black eye, or been bruised or otherwise maltreated by some belligerent in the war, but that its pulse is as strong, its brain as clear, and its voice as authoritative as before it read its own obituary. And to add weight to their diagnosis they would issue...
...plans for raising an army, or at least has not made them public, and the student is still more in the dark about the opportunities that will be open to him. Until he knows more he will do well to practice the first virtue of the soldier, the patient pursuit, with all his might, of the course indicated to him. If in the training corps let him stick to it, learn self-control, and not permit nervous excitement to distract him from his other work. When the proper moment comes, and not before, he will be asked to give...
...reliable. But after months of painful doubt and despite the dark prospect of suffering and sacrifice, we can at least be sure that today the bold thing to do is also the wise and the necessary thing to do. We have been cautious and prudent. We have been patient to the verge of dishonor. At length it is permitted us to go forward, one in thought and deed, and to be in the sight of all men that high-spirited nation that...
Several large business concerns in the West have made patient and intelligent trials with college men in business, and the results as a whole speak well for the college students. Of course, individuality is the prime factor in any man's success or failure, whether he has education or lacks it, but on anything like an even chance and opportunity it was generally found that the college boy caught on more quickly and progressed faster than the boy lacking college education and training. He grasped problems and situations more readily and saw their possibilities more thoroughly, because he had become...