Word: fact
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...GRADUATE of Harvard, who has attained some eminence, recently expressed it as his opinion that graduates of Harvard were less likely to attain distinction in after life than those of the smaller colleges. As a reason for this belief he referred to the fact that no Harvard graduate of the last twenty-five classes had become distinguished in any profession. The cause of this seemed to him to be the largeness of our numbers and the consequent diminishing of the personal interest and influence of our instructors...
DEAR JACK, - I am sorry to find that you are like ordinary men. You find your allowance too small. The only consolation that I can offer, is the fact that the Rothschilds are said to complain occasionally that their income does not permit them to undertake certain gigantic schemes which from time to time attract them. Consolation of a more tangible sort is out of the question. Your allowance is quite as large as the family means will allow; so, during the course of the year, you will probably have to go through a good deal of pecuniary tribulation...
...words about human nature that I promised you. It is a singular fact that every man, whatever he may think of himself in other ways, feels sure in his heart of hearts that he is level-headed,- to use an expressive bit of slang. If he makes any mistakes, it is always because he did not follow the dictates of his judgment. And every man considers his views of money matters to be as sound as sound can be. People who agree with him he considers as sound as himself. People who do not agree with him he calls fools...
...with enthusiasm, and the reputation of its author will be made. The book that is to succeed must be written with some reference to what is said and done here, and it must at any rate carry with it the tone of the place. A few incidents founded on fact is not what we want. The forthcoming book is said to deal with actual occurrences to some extent, but if any Freshman ever induced another to drive a car into Boston by saying, "It will be just the jolliest lark," it is our good fortune to have escaped meeting...
...power of cliques and the arts of politicians brought to bear to effect a desired end. And these means are used then not because the offices are of great importance in themselves, or because persons capable of filling them are found with difficulty. The annual squabble arises from the fact that different "interests" insist on being "represented" without regard to any principle of reason or of justice. If the members of the present Senior Class could get over the idea, when they meet, that such and such a man is to be opposed because he happens to be a member...