Word: wrongs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...HAYES'S SECOND SPEECH.Harvard's five minutes for rebuttal were taken up by Mr. Hayes. He agreed with Yale that the whole question was one of motive, but maintained that while it is not right to follow a party blindly, it is equally wrong to follow the dictates of conscience outside of party. The proper course for a man is to belong to a party, and to make the party to which he belongs conform to his principles...
...President Cleveland has done all in his power to right this wrong by striving to restore the status quo. (a) He has observed international law, treating both queen and provisional government justly. (b) He has acted constitutionally. (c) He has acted constitutionally. (c) He has upheld a standard of honor and justice. (d) He has established a good precedent in international relations. (e) Finally, having done all that he legally could do, he has handed the matter over to Congress...
...here, it seems to us, the petitioners have gone astray. They seem to look upon the new relations between Harvard and the Annex as an accomplished end rather than as a first step towards an end. They see something which is unsatisfactory and they reason that therefore it is wrong. Unless we are very much mistaken a majority of Harvard professors and some at least of the overseers also feel that it is unsatis factory, but,- and here is the important thing,- under existing circumstances an unsatisfactory thing is the only thing possible. This does not mean that Harvard will...
...some remarkable play did anything like enthusiasm show itself. At the very time when the team needed encouragement, no encouragement was given. There seems, in fact, to be a mistaken idea of the purpose of cheering. It is popularly considered as simply a form of applause. This is a wrong impression-it is more than applause. The best cheering ought to be given when the team is not doing its best, when it most needs cheering. In tomorrow's game the students must make a manly effort to arose themselves from the lethargy into which they have fallen...
...With shame I admit that we in the East are guilty of great offense against this virtue; and were you equally honest, you would have to confess that even your ministers are often sadly immoral. It is easy to say that because of it this or that religion is wrong, and to protest against that of which we do not approve; but until we have proved ourselves to be above it, to have outgrown such popular failings, our protest is but a sham...