Word: caution
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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SEMINARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS.--"Caution in the Use of Sources," Dr. W. B. Munro. Sever...
...therefore we find a line of italics clamoring for attention. All danger of losing the point is in this way cleverly avoided. On the following page, too, there is a naive little aside, which informs the reader that he must not attempt to see through the appended joke. The caution seems needless, though the merit of the illustration excites false hopes...
...caution with which the Union Committee is proceeding in the matter of annual dues is most praiseworthy the method by which they are working, if reports are accurate, seems open to question. In most undertakings one begins by estimating his probable receipts, and then decides from that what he can spend. The committee have quite reversed this process. First they have hit upon the amount which they think it desirable for the Union to spend, and then have tried to bring the income to that figure regardless of other matters. Their idea is that expense should determine income, not that...