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Word: boasters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much to defeat it. To sing the praises of one's university in such glaring terms as are here used, no matter how merited these terms may be arouses among those outside the gates the natural, abhorrence for conceit. To the outside world Harvard appears as a vulgar boaster. No matter how self-sufficient Harvard men may feel no one can tell when the opinion of the public may mean a great deal. Such a power should not be antagonized by an attempt to impress the alumni with the great work of the institution through which they have passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEAT BUT TOO GAUDY | 3/30/1931 | See Source »

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