Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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IN this letter it is no longer of instruction that I wish to speak to you, but of what, in my opinion, is of still greater importance, namely, education. The object of the first is only to develop mind, but the latter has a larger and higher aim, - it has...
THE new scheme of electives reminds us of the approach of the time for choosing studies for the next year, and brings to mind one of the practical failings of the elective system. Very many of us have found that the liberty given in this direction fails of accomplishing its...
IN reading over with care our college papers we find, as a general rule, that the various themes which meet our eyes apply directly or indirectly to college rules, college customs. This certainly ought to be expected, from the nature of these papers. I do not wish even to argue...
Men meeting every day at the table and recitations may like each other very well, when a more intimate knowledge of each other's character would tend to lessen their friendship. "If you want to keep a friend, don't go and live with him," is a saying of which...
In rooming alone, besides the pleasure of following unasked his own peculiar notion in regard to the furnishing and temperature of the room, a man is not constantly liable to be interrupted in whatever he may be doing, by petty arguments with his chum about the meaning of a word...