Word: blame
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Good mother, I blame thee not. Thy child is dead...
...unprejudiced, still would show more enthusiasm on the subjects toward which his tastes have led him. We will admit this, and can offer as an alternative, that three or even four lectures be given by men representing different branches. Thus students, when they reach their Senior year, can blame but themselves if their knowledge consists only in facts gleaned from electives whose apparent "softness" and convenient hours have been their sole attraction...
...room is here for blame or praise...
...itself, was rendered doubly so by his peevish manner. An instructor must understand that it lies entirely with himself to gain the respect and to excite the interest of his scholars; the one is an unfailing companion of the other. If he fail to do either, the teacher must blame himself, and should not so far forget himself as to vent his ill-feeling upon the men who are under...
...energetic worker, an able leader, a manly man. Before the end of his course he will probably appreciate the value of literary pursuits, and even if he does not devote himself assiduously to the task of remedying his own deficiencies in this department, he is scarcely to be blamed. There are few Easterners whose culture is not rather handed down than acquired by labor, and it is more the home life and the society of the fellows than the school studies and the elective courses that give the stamp to a man. I have heard it said that Bostonians...