The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There... President Wilson's Addresses - Page 146by United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson) - 1918 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
| Humanities - 1926 - 536 pages
...influence of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...need to convince others by force that it is right." 20 It is easy to —262— see what was meant here. Just a month before Wilson had expressed the same... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1916 - 888 pages
...influence of the world : and strife is not. There Is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight ; there is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...need to convince others by force that it is right. An expectant public seized upon the phrase "too proud to fight" as indicative of the determined policy... | |
| Americanization - 1915 - 624 pages
...influence of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...to give is this : We cannot exempt you from work. No man is exempt from work anywhere in the world. We cannot exempt you from the strife and the heartbreaking... | |
| 1915 - 1102 pages
...influence of the world and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...need to convince others by force that it is right." These latter phrases have been reported in all parts of the world ; but their application to present... | |
| Europe - 1915 - 720 pages
...anything else was this passage from it: " There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...need to convince others by force that it is right." Asked if he cared to make any comment upon the speech of the President, Mr. Roosevelt said: " I think... | |
| Mabel Hill, Philip Davis - Civics - 1915 - 200 pages
...you come into this great nation as you have come, voluntarily seeking something that we have to give, all that we have to give is this : We cannot exempt you from work. No man is exempt from work anywhere in the world. I sometimes think he is fortunate if he has to work... | |
| Europe - 1915 - 1348 pages
...you come into this great nation as you have come, voluntarily seeking something that we have to give, all that we have to give is this: We cannot exempt you from work. No man is exempt from work anywhere in the world. I sometimes think he is fortunate if he has to work... | |
| Percy MacKaye - Citizenship - 1915 - 108 pages
...into this great nation, you will have to come voluntarily, seeking something that we have to give. All that we have to give is this: We cannot exempt you from work. We cannot exempt you from strife, the heart-breaking burden of the struggle of the day that has come... | |
| Eric Fisher Wood - United States - 1916 - 254 pages
...reading Wilson anent the Lusitania. "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...need to convince others by force that it is right." Asked if he cared to make any comment upon the speech of the President, Mr. Roosevelt said : "I think... | |
| James Montgomery Beck - Neutrality - 1916 - 354 pages
...this was his message to the world : Is not there such a thing as a man being too proud to fight? There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it...need to convince others by force that it is right. f "CThe German Government thereafter not unnaturally paid little attention to successive notes, which... | |
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