Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...proctor is a kind of human being that lives between Freshman and Sophomore, and prevents the latter from completely destroying the former. A proctor's Freshman has his room directly below him, and is under his especial care . . . and then you are sure of Holworthy...
...that he will if Swellington does, and I draw the conclusion from Gosling's conduct in other matters. When "D" says that no man ever "drank to excess, in spite of his dislike to liquor, because it was the 'proper caper,'" he shows a surprising lack of knowledge of human nature. It is natural for a man to do what the man whom he admires does. Human nature is much the same in Harvard College as it is in the world at large, and the only reason why the Harvard Gosling does not drink to excess is because Swellington does...
...PERRY'S last lecture was on Dr. Samuel Johnson. The works he spoke of were the Dictionary, the "Vanity of Human Wishes," the "Rambler," and the "Lives of the Poets...
...human passions: light them, and they burn...
...human life and actions turn to ashes...