Word: foolishly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...advocate a tremendous navy,--one large enough alone to repel any foe,--for we should be going to a most foolish expenditure, and of what value is a whole fleet when some new invention is suddenly thrust upon...
...These men would prove invaluable to the country in time of war. The proof of this is England's condition today. One of her chief difficulties is a lack of technical experts to direct her fast increasing forces. With such a terrible example before our eyes, we indeed are foolish not to insure ourselves against a similar disaster by immediate action towards preparedness...
There is no question that Mr. Maxim selected a foolish method of spreading his ideas, laying him open as it did to possible suspicion. Such an assumption, however, should have been destroyed by his gentlemanly reply. The CRIMSON, nevertheless, with unbelievable coarseness, continued the controversy...
...People Don't Do Such Things," is the shortest story in the book, but it excels the others in technique and the powerful "punch." It is not as "light" a story as the preface promises; for it concerns itself with the tragedy of a working girl, who was foolish enough to fall in love with a University student, and to Ibsen herself into an early grave. The theme is well handled...
...young man in Longfellow's poem, "Excelsior," who bore a "banner with a strange device," was a dangerous fellow, who richly deserved to be lost among the snowy peaks, banner and all; that Betsy Ross should have devoted her time to knitting mufflers; that Barbara Freitchie was a foolish lady to risk her old gray head; in short that banners should be scrupulously eschewed -- especially red ones...