Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...possibly sooner. Then either the Allies will triumph and the German menace will be permanently overwhelmed, or Germany will triumph and her menace will be a menace thrice increased. In the latter case, the utterances of German civil and military writers, as as well as her past history, teach us what to expect. And even in the event of an Allied victory, a shifting of alliances and new complications may bring us into war. All pacifists do not hold uncompromisingly to their theories whatever befalls; witness Norman Angell, who now foresees that America may be fighting half the world...
...righteousness varies inversely as our military power to do that which is good for us! Proof: Germany. Diplomatic history shows that the United States breaks its agreements when "essential to our vital interests." The only effective way of fighting the evils in the world is no longer quixotically to "teach a lesson" to other nations' evildoers, but to turn our attention to the organized viciousness of all kinds which we, in common with those other nations, have in our midst. W. A. BERRIDGE...
...such as will be offered by the Harvard Regiment. Dr. Sargent declares emphatically that military training yields inadequate and unbalanced results in physical development, and President-Emeritus Charles Eliot presumedly voices the American democratic feeling as to the "moral discipline" when he objects that we do not desire to teach boys and young men the "implicit obedience" motif, rather we desire them to think and act for themselves as men, not as units in a machine. Is not the regimentation of men into machines the very thing Americans fear and deplore in the Prussian scheme of organization...
...most advantageous method of conducting the Harvard Regiment. After consulting President Lowell, General Wood and several other authorities, the Committee has decided that in the short time between now and June it will be impossible to complete the training for officers. Therefore the proposed plan has been designed to teach as much as possible, but primarily to arouse interest in military affairs, and to teach each individual how much there is to learn and how little he knows. It is hoped that the proposed scheme will create great interest in Plattsburg. In fact, the whole plan may be considered...
...work are enthusiasm and a belief in ideals. Their service will be of assistance to themselves as well as to the public. It will broaden them and open their eyes to the hardships and struggles going on in thousands of homes to earn a sufficiency for existence, it should teach them to appreciate the view-point, of the other side, to see how easy and yet how unjust it is for the one who inherits money but has never earned a cent to hold aloof and criticize; it should make them realize that it is just to levy taxes...