Word: panic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...careful thought of all Yale men who are interested in the fortunes of Yale rowing, that Yale should be entering upon a period where the fruits of the two last years should begin to show themselves, and that at this time it would be pure opportunism and panic to do anything but remain true to the principles adopted...
Finances in those days were far from stable. Following the panic of 1873 advertisers were none too ready, the printers were close in collecting their bills, and subscribers were lax in payment. Many times the editors went down in their own pockets for an advance guarantee, that the next issue might appear. Not until 1879, indeed, were these conditions bettered, when a campaign of soliciting custom for advertisers put the paper on its feet...
Harvard goes to New Haven this year filled with a spirit of confidence but not of over-confidence. The confidence that Harvard men feel is not that which turns to panic at the first hint of reverse, but the real confidence that maintains itself at the same even strength through good and ill--confidence in the quality of our team and in its determination to exert itself to the utmost in its last great contest of the season...
...Periodically people overdo this speculation and a panic ensues. The salient feature of business today is that the monopolies are growing, and with them over-capitalization, entailing an enormous amount of speculation and lying up capital in speculative enterprises. This question of monopolies will undoubtedly come up for settlement within the next decade or two, and it is the duty of all men, whether they believe in the theory or not, to study the question, and learn as much about it as possible...
John Pierpont Morgan, public-spirited citizen; patron of literature and art; prince among merchants, who by his skill, his wisdom, and his courage has twice in times of stress repelled a national danger of financial panic...