Word: mischiefism
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...have been exhibitions of brutality, a hue and cry has been raised against some of the most popular forms of athletic activity. It is the old story of use and abuse. That which may be abused must not be used. But the principle if carried out would work vast mischief. There is no virtue which may not be made a vice. Shall everything capable of abuse be given up, or shall we not perform a greater service for the world by going forward under proper rules and regulations? We may grant that limbs are broken and lives lost...
...offensive part of the whole affair is that the mischief done should be the work of a Harvard student. The Boston papers can not be blamed for publishing in good faith what was sent them as correct news; but the man who with all the sources of reliable information at his hand, neglected these and so sacrificed the interests of the College to his own, deserves the censure of the entire University...
...pointed out, a day or two ago, the mischief which scholarships play in urging men on to undue work, and the reaction among other men which this overwork causes. The fact that scholarly ability is not more highly regarded here among students is to be regretted, and regretted deeply. The men who work too hard for the scholarships are not to be blamed. They have no choice. They must take the system as they find it. The system is what is wrong...
...where the Serpent says to Eve: "Your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good from evil." The story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, was found in the Vendedad, though the chief attribute of the Parsee Areman was that of a mischief-maker. In both accounts, there is a marked anthropomorphism. God, in jealous anger at man's divine knowledge of good and evil drives him away from the garden. It was not strange that St. Paul, the first to bring the legend into prominence, should see in it the story...
...twenty-sixth which contains the statement that this upper station had been broken into, and that some of the instruments had been taken away. Such an attack must have been made by marauding Indians and, since the instruments would be valueless to them, it seems a piece of wanton mischief...