Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...collection of whaling stories with a description of the general methods of whaling. An article worthy of the attention of everyone is "A Voice of Russia" by Pierre Botkine, the secretary of the Russian Legation at Washington. In a few words Mr. Botkine shows how foolish and groundless the inimical feeling towards Russia, so common here, is. He explains that, as nations, Russia and the United States always have been and always should be on the best of terms. He then points out some of the erroneous impressions of the Russian government that are largely due to Mr. Kennan...
...confusion that they created and their schoolboy hand to hand conflicts were highly discreditable to them. They have yet to learn that now they are supposed to have ceased to be schoolboys, that their conduct here ought to be gentlemanly, and that last night's performance was both foolish and disgraceful...
...consequences of acts. Duty works order and beauty and seems allied to the supreme Reason. Duty can be rejected. An analysis of the act of rejection shows that while sometimes we are overpowered by passions, there are times when we hesitate and then fling our consent into the more foolish of two acts. For this evil choice we are responsible. The work of evil choice is destruction. ugliness and pain. In good choice the Supreme Reason seems to work in us. With evil choice, which is irrational, the Supreme Reason can have only warfare...
...Graham's Mistake" is a light story of a foolish youth who, however, manages to teach a friend a very salutary precept...
...strangest condition of affairs,-a building, accepted by the corporation, and all ready for use, but over which no one connected with the University has charge. We have spoken of the condition of affairs and now speak of the annoyance which it all is causing. It is foolish to allow this to go on any longer. Some one must take this building in hand and give the orders which will put the house in the proper condition. Mr. Cary gave the house to the athletic teams and would be thoroughly disgusted if he knew how things are at present...