Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...going to do; the talking should come afterwards. The more our hopes violently fluctuate, the less are we inclined to believe in the ultimate hope of destruction of Prussian power, and a spirit of discouragement is likely to grow up. Let us stick to the facts of the task ahead of us, not indulge in wild dreams that take our energies off our work...
...statement sent out to the presidents of 50 National Patriotic Organizations, to Cabinet members and other Government officials and to college presidents, says: "At the beginning of our second year in the great war, it is fitting that we have a National consecration to the task remaining before us. Because of numerous workless days during the past winter, it is not advisable that the occasion should be made a holiday, be in every factory, store, mine, school and on every farm there should be a brief period during the day when everyone who is loyal to the flag should stand...
...proletariat, and to prolong instead of shorten the war. Trotsky may not be pro-German, but neither is he pro-Russian. Such a leader can never build up a new Russian nation. Kerensky was making an honest effort to do so, by getting all parties to work together. The task was too difficult for him and the captivating platform put forth by the internationalists, some of the planks of which are undeniably good, aided by German intrigue, steadily won the Russian workmen and soldiers. Soon they will learn their mistake. Trotsky will pass from the stage and his book will...
...former years the duties of the Freshman officers were never very difficult: a smoker, a Red Book, and the choosing of a few committees. But this year these four men have the huge task of bringing their class to its senses and making it realize that mere numbers do not justify the ricidulous conceit which is now 1921's dominant characteristic. Last year, and even more so in previous years, the Freshman knew his place and kept in it. There was no hazing,--it was unnecessary,--but the Freshman respected the upperclassman and treated him with consideration. In those days...
...Ballad of the Bounding Billows" is a clever things, too. Its anonymous author imposed a racking task on himself in electing to write his rhymes in their jagged form, but he won out in the last stanza...