Word: herd
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Buddha himself said his whole doctrine was hard to comprehend. It is such an elaborate system of philosophy that it was very little understood by the common herd. Its signal weakness is that it has no place for ambition or human endeavor...
...opinion of many the class dinner is one of the few means available at Harvard to make the class more of a unit; it is more profitable to that end than as a recognition that the body is organized. A Harvard class, as things now stand, resembles a herd pasturing at large. Many of us wish the class of '99 to do all that is possible this year to correct the evil of individualism. There are many men who believe that the class is sufflciently united to make a dinner a success and that it will be useful in further...
...Lyman Abbott gave a very interesting informal talk to a large number of students at the Christian Association rooms last evening. He spoke briefly of some of the problems of city life as he had seen them. The tendency he said, of people to herd together is as marked abroad as in our own country. The common opinion that this is a great evil is a mistaken one. The evils in the large cities, as they are more concentrated, are of course more apparent, but he average is not much if any worse in the cities than in the towns...