Word: circumspection
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...dried-up voice, evidently that of some old fogy, is heard: "A wonderful work is the 'Immensity of Profundity;' replete with the most circumspect observations. It proves beyond a question the consanguinity of irresponsible abstractness of expression with incidental divertissement (if I may be permitted to use that word) of cerebral evolution...
...regard to the recent action of the Directors of Memorial Hall, we do not stand in the belligerent attitude the usually cautious and circumspect Advocate has, in its last issue, seen fit to assume. Waiving the question of constitutionality, the compromise which the Board has effected seems, on the whole, eminently satisfactory both to the early and to the late risers. The men who, during this most busy time of the year, wish to have breakfast after half past eight, are few compared with those who have so far appeared at the Hall before Chapel exercises. To be sure...