Word: fellows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attitude of man towards his fellow man constitutes morality, and this morality, or moral sense, is one of the chief differences between man and the lower animals. In man it is brought to a high degree of development, but in the lower animals it is scarcely noticeable, although examples of it are sometimes noticed. Among the less civilized nations the preservation of the tribe is the great motive power, and whatever tends to that end is thought to be the greatest virtue. Thus we see how it was that courage became to be so much admired. And investigation shows that...
...still compelled to plod the tiresome road of the "grind." Again, the man who surrounds himself with more reserved books than he can use at once, that forsooth, when he wishes to study them he may not be obliged to wait, is doing a positive injustice to his fellow-students. Thoughtlessness has been made to serve as the mask for a multitude of sins in the past, but we now intend to give the true name to such actions, viz., inexcusable selfishness. He who collects a stack of books in an out-of-the-way corner is doing no more...
...have no right to surrender our conscience, our responsibility, our duty, or, in fact, any one of these three attributes which were born within us. The comparative right to rule by intrinsic merit is decided not by one man, but by the opinion of the majority of our fellow citizens, and the power of this majority is not that merely of the majority over the minority. It lies in the consent of all to the choice of the majority, with the proviso that that choice shall be frequently considered...
...Daggs, a mulatto, described the work of his fellow graduates in organizing schools and churches. The color will take care of itself in future...
...adjourned meeting of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University was held yesterday at No. 50, State St., Boston. The Board concurred in the following appointments made by the President and fellows: Frederick L. Ames to be a fellow of the corporation in place of Francis Parkman, resigned; James R. Wheeler, instructor in Greek and Latin for 1888-89; and Frank W. Nicholson, instructor in Sanscrit. Prof. Joseph Lovering, LL. D., was appointed Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, emeritus in consideration of his valuable services to the college for the past 52 years...