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...thousand men who can jump four feet are worth a dozen men who can jump six feet today. What good is you man if he can't get out of a trench by himself, and every man must be able to do that. We have men who cannot pull themselves up once on a horizontal bar, and we have those who can't raise themselves once on a parallel bar. And these are our potential soldiers. They must be trained and each of us must share the burden...
...means of prosecuting thin war with greater success. But rejoicing because political opponents are to be publicly scored is out of place at this time. In any crisis, national unity is preserved with difficulty. This task becomes well nigh impossible where narrow men lies in wait to pull down others who are serving, because these others who are serving, because theses others hold different views. The men managing the various branches of the War Department must be the best obtainable. The Senate Committee will look to see if the men at he helm now are the best. If they...
...Club on October 26, when Kerensky's position seemed secure, he spoke of the Premier as a man "of great energy, enthusiasm, eloquence and integrity." He was also very optimistic about the future. "Everyone expects serious outbreaks this year," he said, "but I feel sure that Russia will eventually pull through, although not without many hard knocks...
...economic conditions are much worse. The workmen will not obey their superintendents. Russian industry has fallen off immeasurably since the revolution, to 60 or 70 per cent of what it was last year. Everyone expects serious outbreaks this winter but yet I feel sure that Russia will eventually pull through, but not without many hard knocks...
...peace offer, it cannot be too emphatically impressed on every single man, woman and child that we must keep our ideals constantly before us, least in the excitement of war and the enthusiasm of our ultimate victory we fall into the well from which we are trying to pull our unwilling enemies...