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...head delegates of the different states to cast an informal ballot after the two parties had each nominated their man to determine which of the two men was the choice of the majority. It was thought that this would lead to too much wire pulling and might finally impair the success of the convention...
...hold of this thing called charity, philanthropy, social service, most simply and effectively,- to secure a real adaptation between it and the conditions of college life. The new activity must help, not hinder, the people or the causes that we venture to touch, and must enrich, not impair, student life...
...early summer. Indeed, the total of salaries in the University, College and Library account was larger in 1893-94 than it was in 1892-93 by the sum of $14,687.75. The Corporation immediately addressed themselves to the reduction of expenses, selecting those ways which were least likely to impair the efficiency of the institution. The success with which the needed reduction was effected may be seen in the Treasurer's Statement given below. "After adding the income of the Stock Account to its capital to make good in part former deficits, there has been a deficit...
...them of taking books from the shelves. The usefulness of a reference library, however well regulated it may be, depends very much on the men who use it. A very few men can, by securing and needlessly holding all the books which are in demand at any time, seriously impair the usefulness of the library. We should hesitate to believe that there are any who do this in deliberate disregard of their fellow-students. But that there are some who are inexcusably careless in this respect there is ample evidence. A moment's thought will surely convince them that...
...wisdom is not the having learned any particular thing, but the result of many knowledge mutually acting upon and modifying each other. Michael Angelo chose for his emblem the figure of an old man in a child's go-cart with the motto, anchor impair,- I am still learning. Titian, dying of the plague at ninety-nine, exclaimed sadly, "My God, must I die now, just as I had learned to paint an eye!" Indeed the word learning, which we use to express a result, does by its very form imply an unfinished and unfinishable process. What the judgment requires...