Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...foolish doubt is now dispelled. There were some who previously declared that the Administration is uncordial to college men. Of course such absurd prejudices have long ago disappeared; now the accusation of them has also disappeared...
...foolish assertion that history repeats itself. But it is that men are much alike from generation to generation. The peasants of Russia are no wiser than were the peasants of France twelve decades ago. They have as great a wrong to right, as far a journey to go on the way which lends to stability and strength. Is liberty always to be bought with blood? And are rapine, anarchy, and destruction the price wherewith democracy is attained? If so, they are well bought; but they are dearly bought...
...That foolish optimism has vanished. We see that the people are not subscribing in large amounts for the loan. It is still a capitalist's investment. For that reason, if the loan does not fail financially, it will fail morally, being not an expression of national confidence and unity, but simply a token of our abundant capital...
...final selection of men to attend the Plattsburg camp has aroused some complaint, most of it apparently coming from men outside the University. In any game of life, foolish or real, there are always some among the losers to complain; although in most men the spirit of Saxon fairness is strong enough that they may bear defeat like gentlemen...
Such arguments are foolish. Why not face the fact simply, we Easterners, that we have failed to make good our wordy promises...