Word: according
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Assuming, then, that there is an imperative moral duty to do right, and that to be wise means to act in accord with that obligation, why is it that those who measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves among themselves are not wise? Perhaps it is better to ask first why men are so prone to measure their conduct in this way. It is, in fact, a very easy standard of life. To do as others do is simple. It saves the trouble of thinking and deciding. It is a good excuse also for some relaxation of a rigorous principle...
...sure,--but in the realization that they will be of great use to many men who could not afford to buy them?" This is the Phillips Brooks House Loan Library which loans several thousand volumes to students at nominal fees every year; a valuable service--and one in accord with Carlyle's observation: "A true University of these days is a Collection of Books...
...adequate sum of money for the purpose. Instead of assuming that the Olympiad, properly staged, would bring thousands of visitors and millions of francs of Paris; the French attitude has been to spend as little as possible and wait for the millions to roll in of their own accord...
...music or innate ability as an artist, so not everyone is psychic, he said in explaining why all people could not be mediums. Furthermore, the conditions must he suitable before a spirit may be recalled and the spirit itself must want to come of its own accord...
Although President Lowell, in accord with his custom in regard to drives in the University, made no statement, he gave his unqualified approval of the movement and appointed Professor J. L. Lowes and Dean G. H. Edgell to represent the Faculty on the Executive Committee of the University's drive...