Word: instruct
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leaders who dictate to the knights and pretend to instruct them are often ignorant and dangerous men; (b) the organization has a tendency to train members to obey their leaders, rather than the laws of the country; (c) it teaches them erroneous principles of political economy; (d) it leads men to be discontented with their station in life, to hate capitalists, and to attempt violence in order to bring about a change in the present social order.- Nation...
...golden mine is available, nor how deep the purse of the founder. Mr. Clark is doubtless sincere in thinking that another institution of learning is necessary in the State, but we consider that Harvard, Yale and the rest of our eastern colleges are amply able and competent to instruct all seekers after the higher branches of learning. Besides Harvard is abundantly able and willing to assist in a pecuniary way all those whose means are inadequate to an attendance here unless assistance is rendered them; and it has been Harvard's boast that no faithful student need leave college...
Manager Kelly of the Dartmouth foot-ball team has secured John Graham, who trained the Harvards last year, to instruct...
...with sincere regret that we notice the last lecture of the series is close at hand. We have enjoyed and profited by the words of Prof. Lanciani as we have by the words of few others, and we hope the time is not far distant when he shall instruct us further in a subject for which he has aroused a lively interest among...
...offenders are freshmen, it is to be hoped that living a year or two in the atmosphere of gentlemen will enable them to discriminate between common courtesy and boorishness. But if any of the offenders are upperclassmen, there is only one thing to suggest. Since their native instruction and early breeding is so firmly rooted that the influence with which they have been surrounded during their life here has had no effect for good upon them, it would seem best for them to stay away from the lectures altogether, and thereby spare the lecturer annoyance and preserve the University...