Word: err
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from Yale, the pennant is ours. At present it looks as if nothing but very hard luck could snatch the final victory from us, but still it is not time to be overconfident. Our old caution may sound too trite to be published again, but it is better to err on the right side, and so we warn the nine that only the most careful individual and team playing can win. We have a good nine, and we want that championship this year. We heartily congratulate the nine on its past work and wish it the same success...
...deal of space and ingenuity in abusing us, in spite of our apology; but we do not think that public opinion will pronounce their reply either called for or in good taste-perhaps they themselves will not in the course of a month or two. It is human to err...
...young men of Harvard whom the author addressed especially, have hitherto had the impression that some of the forms of idealism are as consistent with the scientific method, at least as ordinarily defined, as either realism or dualism can be. Objectivity is not necessarily material. But if we err on this point, we are willing to be corrected, in fact stand in need of correction...
...faces of those who paid for them, and to calmly spend their time as best suits themselves, with no apparent regard to the duty they owe their class. But let those malcontents fret no longer, but console themselves with the thought that the nine and its estimable captain cannot err but must in their infinite wisdom do what is right...
First, it is better to err on the side of caution than on the side of rashness. Secondly, there is no urgent need of an immediate acceptance of this responsibility. Thirdly, it is a question deserving far more consideration than we can give in the teeth of examinations. Moreover, our time is not money, and we can afford to wait. After the summer vacation, by all means let something be done, but not till then...