Word: regretting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this year these prophets came into their own. They had been telling us for about two weeks that the Yale freshmen were our superiors. We had been laughing up our sleeves at them during these same two weeks. These athletic Elijahs foretell correctly with such infrequency that we scarcely regret their success this year, for if they were never right we should cease to take them even half seriously. We do regret, however, that their success was realized through the efforts of a certain educational institution which is located at New Haven. If there is any rival in the world...
...they will long remember and for an inspiring half-hour, they may indulge their wish. In that case we shall have a poor opinion of the intellectual aspirations of the class. We shall not only feel that 1921 is stupid and selfish to its better development, but we shall regret that a class has entered Harvard which seems to fall far below its predecessors in seeking to get the most out of the University...
...many years it has been a matter of regret that Thanksgiving Day, instead of being a religious festival, suited to the harvest season, was deteriorating into an excuse for over-eating. The original significance of the day had been overlaid with football games to such an extent that the Pilgrim fathers would have had hard work to recognize...
...short despatch from Paris announces the retirement from the French cabinet of Monsieur Ribot, after repeated attacks on his policy by the Socialists. It is not without genuine regret that Americans read of his resignation, as throughout the war he has shown consummate ability and statesmanlike moderation in all his public acts, whether as finance minister, foreign secretary, or Premier. The grand old man of France, as his friends are wont to call him, has given much to his country in return for scant gratitude. For over a quarter of a century he has been active in French politics...
...made havoc among our ranks, taking not only many who were already with us but many prospective students also, who would otherwise be now upon our roll. We cannot regret their going, for they are fighting our battle, facing danger and death for our liberties as well as for their own, placing the name of our country higher on the list of nations; and it is through the service rendered by them and by those with them at the front that we can carry on in quiet and security our studies here at home...