Word: inertia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long stay, like the Republicans, rising from the ruins of the Whigs in 1856, is an open conjecture. But the stage is set for a political turn-over, and the new party, temporary or permanent, will be an encouraging sign of reawakening interest from the present political inertia. First of all, it must justify its inherited title of "Progressive...
What makes the process of "sitting in" more or less difficult to keep up, in spite of well-hammered intentions at the beginning of each year, is first of all, the difficulty anyone has of overcoming the physical inertia to go to a lecture, subject uncertain, in a course he is not taking. Added to this are the complications of time and conflicting courses which make it even harder to stick by his resolution...
...head gives tremendous strength to his movements, but its weight will prevent him from advancing very fast. No man who took part in the effort fifteen or twenty years ago to achieve an intelligent coaching system for Harvard football can fail to realize the difficulty of overcoming the inertia of a mass of people even in the best cause...
...likely to convince himself of "The Meaninglessness of Life". A belief in The Meaninglessness of Life is helpful in clearing the mind of outworn traditions but when it becomes the solo guide of life the chances are that it will be an easy excuse for not striving against Inertia and for self indulgence...
...every member. For 1922 that time has now arrived. At present there are several undertakings in progress which are distinctly for the benefit of the whole class. The Senior Album, the first to get under way and therefore the first to have the unfortunate experience of running into Senior inertia, reports that less than one fourth of the 700 blanks sent out three weeks ago have been returned. Such support is obviously anything but encouraging to the Committee...