Word: foolishly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...sorry to hear that Harvard's challenge to Yale to row a race for the single-scull championship has been declined. The reason alleged was, "that it would establish a bad precedent, and tend to lessen the interest in the eight-oared race." This certainly seems rather a foolish idea, for one would think that if a Freshman race and a single-scull race could be arranged between the two colleges, to come off at the same time with the "Varsity," it would rather increase than diminish the interest. But as the H. U. B. C. offered...
...lack of practice in that boat; if, after sufficient practice, the eight could not handle their craft, it only shows a most remarkable lack of rowing ability on the part of the men composing it. As applied to scratch races, or even to club races, this may seem a foolish and unnecessary measure; but the present lack of rowing interest in the College is a sad epidemic, and for desperate diseases desperate remedies must be used...
...very childish or else a very debauched frame of mind. It is, then, the duty of those who would have the prevailing moral tone not maudlin but manly to express themselves in a gentlemanly but clear manner against the indecencies with which students are now so familiar. The present foolish tone of morals in some college circles is due, not, as some newspapers claim, to the non-religious character of the University, but largely to the silence of students on such questions as we have been discussing, - a silence due in some cases to a love of ease...
...Ossip" says, in his first article, that the independent man blurts out his opinions "in the face of established and recognized principles," and in his second, that we, being an example of that kind of independent man, are blurting out our opinions when we disapprove of H. H.'s foolish talk about drunkenness. Does he mean that he considers foolish talking about drunkenness in accord with " an established and recognized principle" ? If not, what does he mean...
...easy to understand that persons who are careful never to express disapprobation at foolish or vicious acts or speeches should imagine that it cannot be done in a gentlemanly way. They assume that it is necessary to "blurt out" abusive censure, forgetting that censure is often clearly expressed simply by silence. Their argument seems to be that in any case they would give offence, and no gentleman should give offence, - a principle the folly of which is exceeded only by its harmfulness. For, when principle is at stake, as in buying fraudulent examination-papers or talking ridiculously about getting drunk...