Word: threatened
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...numismatic literature; Charles L. Chandler '05, AB, South American history and literature; Harry N. Gay '96, A. M., Italian history of the 19th century; Charles r. Lanman, Ph.D., LL.D., Indic manuscripts; Walter Lichenstein '00, the Hohenzollern collection; Edward K. Rand '94, Ph.D., manuscripts; Robert G. Shaw '99, A.M., the threaten collection; Malcolm Storer '85, A.B., M.D., coins; Clarence M. Warner, Canadian history and literature; Frederic A. Woods, M.D., Portuguese history...
...situation when, in speaking for the Union, he says: "What we stand for, above all, is a democratic and enlightened method of deciding whether war or peace is our duty. What we are fighting against are the Prussian methods and spirit which do at least seem to threaten Harvard's ideas of freedom and reason...
...itself to abrogate the laws of war, which have been established by "general understanding and consent," it is the duty of neutrals to forego their rights. Of course it is an "unpatriotic act" for an American citizen to assert his privileges as such on the high seas! It would threaten "deplorable injury to our free institutions and drive us into a state of war with Germany" were we to enforce our rights. Therefore, say these indefatigable champions of civilization, let us relinquish them. It would be such a "misfortune to humanity" to have the U. S. A. avenge the murder...
...group, we do not stand dogmatically for war or peace. What we stand for, above all, is a democratic and enlightened method of deciding whether war or peace is our duty. What we are fighting against are the Prussian methods and spirit, which do at least seem to threaten Harvard's ideals of freedom and reason. We hate this Prussianism at home more than Prussian submarines abroad. This spirit has taken two marked forms already. I speak now of one only...
...This danger would really-threaten us if the old popular doctrine of human memory were right. But it is wrong, utterly wrong; and the psychologist's laboratory message is therefore needed, indeed. It is filled with the promise of a happier future. Those hateful ideas clustered about legends and lies were grasped as weapons of war--when the war is over they have lost their purpose and at once they will fall asunder. No trace will remain; those who hated most hotly will forget most quickly. Men will look one another in the face with astonishment; the spell will...