Speech on Patriotism (Document 3), item 6
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But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of institutions.
It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have been
at war. Even within our
own lifetimes and memories
have occurred the Spanish-
American War, the Boer War,
and the Russo-Japanese War.
The reasons for the seeming
hopelessness of the present situation
are as follows: 1. The
magnitude of the war operations,
as to numbers of men engaged
and as to the destructiveness
of the weapons used 2. But
secondly the
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6/
But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of institu-
tions. It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have been
at war. Even within our
own lifetimes and memories
have occurred the Spanish-
American War, the Boer War,
and the Russo-Japanese War.
The reasons for the seeming
hopelessness of the present situ-
ation are as follows: 1. The
magnitude of the war opera-
tions, as to numbers of men en-
gaged and as to the destructiveness
of the weapons used 2. But
secondly
and I thinkthe
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6/
But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of institu-
tions. It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have been
at war. Even within our
own lifetimes and memories
have occurred the Spanish-
American War, the Boer War,
and the Russo-Japanese War.
The reasons for the seeming
hopelessness of the present situ-
ation are as follows: 1. The
magnitude of the war opera-
tions, as to numbers of men en-
gaged and as to the destructiveness
of the
-
6/
But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of
institutions. It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have been
at war. Even within our
own lifetimes and memories
have occurred the Spanish-
American War, the Boer War,
and the Russo-Japanese War.
The reasons for the seeming
hopelessness of the present
situation are as follows: 1. The
magnitude, as to numbers of men
engaged and as to the destruction
-
6/
But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of
institutions. It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have been
at war. Even within our
own lifetimes and memories
have occurred the Spanish-
American War, the B
-
6/
But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of
institutions. It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have been
at war. Even within our
own
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6/
But why is it that the world
seems lost in the face of the
present war? War is nothing
new. It is the oldest of
institutions. It has been always
with us. Hardly a year has
elapsed but what somewhere
on the earth nations have benn
at war. Even within our
own
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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Story location Saginaw, Michigan, USA
- ID
- 19536 / 221305
- Contributor
- Hope Elizabeth May
October 2, 1915
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