Word: partisanship
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that class feeling is dependent for its existence on such outbursts of extravagant and inconsiderate enthusiasm as are now common at the games. Regard for the absolute as well as for the relative merits of the opposing nines can be cultivated at the same time with the most extreme partisanship...
There is no reason to expect any lack of enthusiasm on the part of the two classes; in fact, there is more danger of too much than of too little. The supporters of the class nines too often let their feelings of partisanship get the better of them. They encourage or discourage the different players with extreme personalities which would be far more in place in the scrub championship, and through their eagerness, doubtless, to lose no point in the play, often crowd so closely upon the field as to interfere seriously with the game. Nothing could be farther from...
...purpose of the Harvard Republican Club is not to develop partisanship, but to stimulate into activity the convictions of the republican students. Membership in the club shows a man's devotion to the principles in which he believes-principles which seem to him essential to the welfare of his country. Politics and religion are both vital subjects. The rule of the University has not been to disallow privileges to religious organizations of one sect or another, on the ground that some of them must be wrong, and therefore all must be excluded. The rule has been, rather, that all should...
...Cleveland has professed sympathy with civil service reform, especially condemning, (a) offensive partisanship, (b) contributions from office-holder, (c) removals except for cause. Cleveland's Inaugural Speech, Mch. 4, 1885, and his Letter of Acceptance...
...offensive partisanship continued unchecked, (a) on the part of the president: Cleveland's letter in the Fellows-Nicoll election, (b) on the part of his subordinate officials: In the Indiana campaign of 1886, Pennsylvania campaign of 1887, New York campaign of 1887, and Maryland campaign...