Word: foist
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...free in classroom teaching on subjects within the scope of his chair. He ought to be free to publish his lectures or the results of his investigations, subject only to the qualification that what he writes should be uttered in a scholarly tone and form. He ought not to foist upon a class that is compelled to listen to him opinions on subjects outside of the field of his special competence, but this is a minor point, not actually calling for discipline. As a man, he is bound to have opinions on other subjects than his own, and even though...