Word: pervert
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...those fallen and yet to fall in the present war will be as dear as that of our past heroes. If we keep to our declared policy of war only for the liberation of Cuba, then they will have an enduring place in history. If, in the end, we pervert these ends, and are inspired by the lust of conquest, they will be remembered only as men of valor. Only wars of high aims leave behind imperishable names of greatness. The fate of the dead hero is in the hands of those who survive...
...President says: "It must be perceived and admitted that training which goes beyond pleasurable exercise is worse than useless, and that so-called sports which require a dull and dreaded routine of hardships and suffering in preparation for a few exciting crises, are not worth what they cost. They pervert even courage and self-sacrifice, because these high qualities are exercised for no adequate end." With the last sentence perhaps many of us will disagree; and no doubt with the present sharp intercollegiate rivalry and the strong desire to win, many would dislike to see the suggestions in the Report...
...general effects upon civilization.- (a) It tends to strengthen the war spirit.- (1) Readiness shown to think of war: Nation LXI, p. 458 (Dec. 26, 1895).- (2) General appeal to bellicose feeling: Senator Walcott in Cong. Rec. p. 976 (Jan. 22, 1896).- (b) Tends to pervert standards of national honor and greatness.- (1) Insistance on immediate forcible resistance to "anything like an insult," as a test of national honor: C. E. Norton in Forum XX, p. 649-651 (Feb. 1896); Wm. James in Cong. Rec. p. 461 (Dec. 31, 1895); Nation, LXI, pp. 420-421 (Dec. 12, 1895); and ibid...
...from proper that he should hold so nearly a monopoly of it as he does today. Such prominence as is now the reward of success in athletics is harmful both to him who receives it and to those who accord it to him. It tends to pervert the ideals which should be foremost in the minds of those who are pursuing a collegiate education...
With these circumstances it would be a mistake, especially at the present crisis in baseball matters, to make the class nines play on diamonds that pervert ordinary baseball conditions, and make it doubly hard to acquire confidence and skill. The lease which the University has on Norton's expires this year, and will not be renewed; it may, in consequence, be objected that any money spent on the field would do no good next year. But next year or no next year, there is this year, and a large sum of money could be spent this year on baseball without...