Word: stupidity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proposal to declare the war at an end by Congressional resolution is, if not actually unconstitutional, at least stupid and illogical, and forms a fitting climax to the mental and moral gymnastics which have characterized the treaty fight in the Senate...
...cost and economic effects of a system of training and report back a suitable bill some time or other. But the issue had a great deal more life in it than the timeservers, trimmers and pacifists believed. They left the American Legion out of consideration, which was a very stupid thing to do in these days so soon after the war. The men of the Legion are going to take off their coats and work for the discarded remedy for unprepared-ness...
Often have we, surveying the unlovely aspect of the Square, thought how sordid, mean, material it was; how often have we longed for any change anything that would make the dull glitter of Massachusetts avenue a little less stupid, anything to brighten the gloom of this dismal village...
...course or its equivalent would be an invaluable addition to every college curriculum. In these days of economic and social extremists and political confusion any aid to a more balanced viewpoint is worth a trial. Whether the new study at Columbia will really uproot the cruder and more stupid forms of radicalism as well as the more stubborn tendencies of conservatism among immature students is open to grave doubts. But the principle is right...
...those students who are enamored of the cruder and more stupid forms of radicalism, early instruction in the facts relating to the origin and development of modern civilization and the part that time plays in building and perfecting human institutions is of the greatest value. For those college students who are affected with the more stubborn forms of conservatism early appreciation of the fact that movement and development are characteristic of life and that change may be constructive as well as destructive is most desirable...