Word: geniality
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Hicks received the degree of A. M. from Harvard last year and had planned his work in Sanskrit for the degree of Ph. D. His high stand in his studies and his promise as a scholar in a special line had endeared him to his instructors, while his genial wit and sympathetic nature made him many friends in social circles. His untimely death will be lamented by all who knew...
...most attractive and lovable of men. Freshness and vivacity of feeling and expression formed in him a delightful combination with breadth and tenderness of sympathy, genial humor, clear intelligence and keen wit. There was nothing commonplace about him. His aspect, bearing, and expression were distinguished by a strongly marked originality and simplicity which added a special charm to his intercourses, and gave a peculiar flavor to his pervasive humor. His nature was frank and open, and in case of need his opinions were uttered with great vigor and certainty; but he shrank from display and avoided public distinctions...
...Copeland in concluding urged the students to be good examples of the New Man; to care more about public affairs; to care more about literature and the arts; and to take a genial interest in their fellow...
...moments of deliberate respite, he is open, genial, and engaging; but he seldom is at leisure. At work, he seems an immense will, regulated by very powerful and very precise intellectuals. He is grave, austere, self-sufficing, reserved, and the embodiment of dignity. If only his point of view is taken, his position on every question is found to be supported by the soundest logic; but, under the necessity for much action, he seems at times to give the benefit of the doubt too easily in favor of his own point of view. On this account, he rouses such frequent...
...foreign lands. And yet his achievements have never been a barrier to kindly interest in students and all their activities, and his honest and practical sympathy has endeared him to numberless Harvard men. Though in future he will necessarily not come into such close contact with the students, his genial and inspiring influence will still be with us. He is an example of the simple dignity of abounding learning, and the quiet strength that has come from high endeavor...