Word: honestly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trainer, he expressed the hope that Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale might stand out as an example to all colleges in clean athletic sports. The words of Washington, inscribed beneath his bust in the Union, are appropriate in this: "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair...
...When I speak of a college as believing in the truth, I mean first that its president and faculty must be honest and fearless; but I mean more than this. I mean also that a high standard of honor must be maintained by its undergraduates; for, far beyond the belief of most men, the standing of a college in the community and the effect of a college in the country depend on the personal character of the undergraduates...
...raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair"--Washington...
...wire pullers," and act only according to their orders. Another evil is always present in the larger cities. This is bribery for protection against adverse legislation. The claim is made that such vote-buying has become indispensable to the safety of large corporate interests. Of course, honest primaries would do away with this evil; yet for every man bought there must be a buyer, and on is just as dishonest as the other...
...first place, no great European city, be it London, Berlin or Paris, harbors the official corruption which stares us in the face throughout out own country. Of the $7,000,000 recently spent in one year by the municipal government of London, not one penny went for other than honest purposes. This showing is remarkable; the credit for it belongs wholly to the existence every-where in England and her colonies, of an active, alert, public opinion...