Speech on Patriotism (Document 3), item 39

• November 20, 2017 16:04:47 Thomas A. Lingner

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  judgment of the world  realizes that

  under existing conditions the

  mailed fist is at times still needed.

    Those of us in the present generation

  in the United States

  who have grown up since the

  Civil War have given no

  thought to war as a possibility

  nor to training our youth

  to be soldiers. It now comes to

  us as an overpowering shock

  that we may have to change our

  conception of life and devote

  energy to defending ourselves

  by force of arms. That this

  should be so is the great incubus

  of this present war which

  hangs upon us. But we must

  accept facts as they are, not

  as we wish they were. What

  I am concerned about is

  that we teach our boys courage,

  
  

• November 20, 2017 16:02:18 Thomas A. Lingner

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  judgment of the world  realizes that

  under existing conditions the

  mailed fist is at times still needed.

        Those of us in the present gen-

  eration in the United States

  who have grown up since the

  Civil War have given no

  thought to war as a possibil-

  ity nor to training our youth

  to be soldiers. It now comes to

  us as with an overpowering shock

  that we may have to change our

  conception of life and devote

  energy to defending ourselves

  by force of arms. That this

  should be so is the great in-

  cubus of this present war which

  hangs  upon us. But we must

  accept facts as they are not

  as we wish they were. What

  I am concerned about is

  that we teach our boys courage

  
  

  
  

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• July 5, 2017 22:31:25 Annick Rodriguez

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  judgment of the world  realizes that

  under existing conditions the

  mailed fist is [insert] at times [/insert] still needed.

        Those of us in the present gen-

  eration in the United States

  who have grown up since the

  Civil War have given no

  thought to war as a possibil-

  ity nor to training our youth

  to be soldiers. It now comes to

  us as with an overpowering shock

  that we may have to change our

  conception of life and devote

  energy to defending ourselves

  by force of arms. That this

  should be so is the great in-

  cubus of this present war which

  hangs  upon us. But we must

  accept facts as they are not

  as we wish they were. What

  I am concerned about is

  that we teach our boys courage

  
  

  
  

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