Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is certainly an attitude of individualism, of selfishness in the Harvard spirit; this is a good thing to a certain point, but far better it is to sink one's own personality for a common object. We are all one huddle of sticks and if one breaks we all break; the surest way for one to raise himself is to raise and honor the college. It is not the man who only tries to benefit himself, but he who now fights best for Harvard, who makes Harvard his ideal, that will later make his country his ideal. Sometimes...
...comparatively small number of men who are thoughtless, or careless of the rights of others,- some of whom may be in the habit of annotating and marking their own books. The difficulty is that, so many evidences of the practice existing, men assume that it is a harmless and common custom. A general disapproval of the practice would do away with...
Best general references: T. W. Higginson, "Common Sense about Women;" Pellew, "Woman and the Commonwealth;" Report of Mass. Bureau of Statistics of Labor, 1889; Speech of Senator Carey at Washington, Feb. 27, 1891; Woman Suffrage Leaflets, vol. II, No. 28 (Sept. 15, 1889); Vol. VII, No. 4 (July, 1895); Vol. VI, No. 4 (July, 1893); Vol. VI, No. 4 (July, 1894); Vol. II, No. 14 (Feb. 15, 1889); Speech of Hon. John D. Long at Melrose, Mass., Oct. 20, 1895; Speech of H. W. Beecher at Cooper Institute...
crepancies in the Harvard evidence, he reiterated the statement that the notes issued under the Act of '90 are bad from inherent faults which are common to the whole system of paper legal tender. The whole body of this flat currency must be withdrawn, and replaced by means of the national banking system, which is a reliable source of financial strength...
...present seems rather an inauspicious time to speak any but works of praise about the completed Gymnasium. I feel in common with every man who makes use of the Gymnasium the sincerest gratitude towards Mr. Hemenway. It is only to suggest how his gift may be of even more benefit than it now is that this communication is written...