Word: forgotten
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...weakness of the movement was the adjectness of its worship of all things ancient, in which the mediaeval was forgotten. Dante still was studied nationally in Italy, not as a product of the middle ages but genius standing high and above his period, as he is now apt to be regarded...
...gospel must be adapted to the age. It must speak the language of today. It must recognize and meet the needs of men as they are, not as they ought to be. This has been said so often we have almost forgotten the other principle without which this idea of adaptation becomes vague and meaningless...
...athletic committee. It will be noticed by the text of this regulation that disregard of it will bring upon the offender a severe penalty. Owing to this stringency, there seems to be little danger that the rule hereafter will not work itself out. At present, however, lestmen may have forgotten the exact nature and penalty of the regulation, the committee wishes to give contestants fair warning of what is required of them...
...graduates of any other college, and ought to express their opinions freely, and without prejudice, on all matters connected with their AlmaMater. They certainly ought to come together at least once a year, and then, even if they were unable to accomplish anything, they would not appear to have forgotten that they once attended Harvard University...
...closed and our policy reversed; if our degree is to be degraded by our own free act, we shall be compelled to abandon our position as leaders in American scholarship and to take our places without excuse in the second rank. It must never be forgotten that, with all our improvement, we have not yet reached any such height of scholarship that we can afford to lower our standard-indeed we cannot lower it without positive discredit...