Word: shame
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...called upon to defend our national existence seem to me very small--though that is no reason for neglecting them. But we are called upon, and must be prepared, to do our part in "enforcing peace" in the world. And we have been already called upon--to our shame--to speak up for the principles we have professed. We must be able to "speak, and be listened to" when questions of international law and common humanity are at stake. This means the necessity of deliberate and sufficient military training...
...seems to me to be a shame that enough enthusiasm could not be aroused by the Princeton baseball game at least to give the Harvard baseball team one cheer. Even if enthusiasm and spirit be lacking, at least politeness to the visiting team would demand that we pay some sort of attention to this, one of our largest games. It is this lack of spirit in the past that has earned for Harvard the uncomplimentary title of "Indifferent." E. M. ROBINSON...
...easy. It is intellectual curiosity, a conscientious striving to know, which distinguishes the man of culture from the complacent philistine. This spirit, combined with four years of effort,--not necessarily of the "grind" variety,--will make a man educated to the extent at least of not bringing shame upon the university whose degree he holds...
...monument to his petty dishonesty, for he is almost certain to be caught, and once caught his name is set down on the records of the Athletic Association to remain there indefinitely, debarring him from future consideration by the University athletic authorities, and remaining as a perpetual source of shame and regret...
...there because of indifference; and they must know that a very considerable proportion of the undergraduates look upon them with an inward irritation, as men who have undertaken tasks and quit them with little grace. If they talked with a few graduates, they might learn the feeling of shame that comes later from failure to help the University or oneself simply because of indifference...