Word: us
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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What are we going to do about it? That is what all the discussion is about; we are trying to discover what is the proper course to pursue in regard to the matter. Unoffending taciturnity will not get us far along the road; better that a few of us, apparently aware of what the other was saying, should venture to discuss something so remote from our daily lives, than that all of us should keep our lips closed for fear of incurring the righteous indignation of an uninitiated person. But this step of ours was premature; we are "entirely incompetent...
...nation now demands your all. Where formerly some one activity, some little help was regarded enough, today we can be content with nothing less than the utmost from everyone. As a worthy Canadian has pointed out, the term "slacker" has taken on a new meaning. The slacker among us now is the man who, in the slightest way, withholds any bit of energy or ability which might be of service to his government. In that sense most of us are found wanting. We neglect a hundred opportunities for service. The Red Cross, institutions of all kinds engaged in social betterment...
...utterly ruined by the lamentable uncertainty as to the educational program which it is to adopt for the future; take it; take it as a gift, and do with it what you will, so long as you write no longer--would they then leap to the opportunity and reorganize us all, or would they become strangely silent, thinking much and saying nothing more...
...Government is asking us for another war loan. College men should not only be ready to buy Liberty Bonds, but to encourage buying on the part of everyone whose income will more than provide the necessaries of life. Everyone who can spare any money without depriving himself of something which is absolutely necessary for health, strength and usefulness should turn it over to the Government...
...only fair that they know which way the tide is turning. Moreover, our purpose is sincere enough not to require a misleading encouragement. We need not be patted on the back by sentimental expressions of the "nobility of our cause" which are insincere and almost repel us from a belief in what we are fighting for. We need less motion picture patriotism and journalistic camouflage and more honest effort and sound support of our Government. Our strength lies in truth. When thousands of British are falling it does no good to assert in huge headlines that "American Troops Stop Germans...