Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Since there will always be persons without sufficient judgment to discredit general remarks, those who pretend to be liberally educated should avoid them for the sake of their own reputation for common-sense. A man can make more sweeping assertions in five minutes than he could prove in a lifetime, and a habit of doing so is almost invariably a sign of an immature mind and a narrow judgment...
...exercises of the school are conducted. In a room adjoining the library is a Reading-Room, containing newspapers and periodicals, and under the control of the students. The students are resident in Cambridge, and the work of the school constitutes their chief occupation and interest. Questions relating to their common pursuit are constantly the subject of conversation and discussion among the members of the school, and the stimulating and invigorating effect of this constant social intercourse among a large body of educated and highly trained young men cannot be overestimated." Is this much in advance of "the salutation...
Their character and their appearance are as far removed as possible from what is found in the vulgar American whom we all find so disagreeable. And as their manners are easily copied, and their mode of thought is easily burlesqued, nothing is more common than for an American, who is convinced that he is a gentleman, and therefore a different being from the vulgar herd, to transform himself into a burlesque imitation of the blase European. Harvard men are particularly liable to this temptation. Their education is more cosmopolitan - if I may use the word - than any other on this...
...include "a survey of the political arrangements under which men live, instead of being confined, as at present, to the laws which govern the production and distribution of wealth." In History they say the different courses should be brought into closer connection, so that their bearings from a common centre may be shown. Two new courses in Greek are recommended, one by which a complete view of Greek culture may be obtained through the English, while the other should be reserved for those who aim at accurate scholarship in Greek. In Modern Languages the only criticism is on the "slipshod...
...last time, it had seen the lilacs bloom in the dooryard, and it was no longer to serve the old house-dog for a comfortable lounge. It was to know the feet that frequent a college entry. The sights and sounds of its new experience had little in common with those of its first fair year, although, perhaps, the unsteady steps that were wont to cross it late o' nights did call to memory the little feet that toddled over it when the baby ran out on the front lawn to pick buttercups...