Word: seeking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard men do not need to seek independence of one kind, the independence of individuality, but you should keep Christian independence. I am not troubled with a passing thought of pacifism; I should willingly wipe out a whole German army corps, if I thought it would hasten the end of the war, but I would not hate. Keep your independence from such thought, and do not put your Christianity in storage during...
...purpose of the investigation of the War Department by the Senate Military Affairs Committee does not, seek to embarrass particular people or the take political revenge on anyone. Consequently we are surprised that so much flippant hinting and so many sly finger-pointings should have appeared in the American press. We are glad that the investigation will be held; it will be a 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...
...deficits, or courses of study omitted. Three years of war have virtually taken away from these English universities all their physically-fit students. In their place are coming the young men who have been crippled by wounds or invalid beyond the possibility of further active service, and who now seek from the universities the scholastic training which will enable them to earn a livelihood by means other than physical labor...
...representative men in the country, and through them to come into more intimate contact with the problems that are stirring the world at large, be they political, intellectual, or economic. More than ever such a course will be appreciated, for hard to find is the man that does not seek to gain a clearer, more comprehensive view of the war, and the vital questions that it has raised. The lectures, we can feel sure, will be attended not only by the few who have the wisdom to seek additional opportunities for education, but by the many who want to increase...
...which is ruled by necessity, as Bethmann-Hollweg, with commendable honesty remarked. Further justification we need not seek...