Word: kind
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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First Division. "Do the Faculties of Man differ from those of Brutes in Kind or only in Degree...
...last year there was a great deal of confusion caused by the tardiness with which some men entered their names; this delay on their part proceeded from a desire to know before-hand against what opponents they were to be pitted. We hope there will be nothing of this kind this year. Let a man decide well if he is in condition to enter the contest at all; and if he is, he should not be afraid to declare his willingness to match himself against any other man that would come under his same class...
...sympathize with all (that is, to be insincere) is a short and easy road to one kind of popularity. But to act and speak fearlessly, in accordance with conscience, and without regard to the opinion of others, brings something far better than such popularity, - the consciousness of having acted like a man. For, so acting, a man can never, unless he be misunderstood, lose the esteem, respect, and friendship of manly men. If misunderstood he still has the sanction of the voice within, - a sanction which to judicious men outweighs the opinion of a whole theatre of opponents...
...philosophy, and history were well represented, and one or two men expressed a liking for fine-arts, but literature had no friends. Undoubtedly, many will see in this fact a defect in the instruction given in college; but we think that the reason lies not so much in the kind of instruction as in the tendency of the thought of to-day, -a tendency with which the choice of subjects coincides. One year's choice, however, is insufficient data from which to draw sure conclusions, especially as two of the five parts delivered last year were of a literary character...
...find them sunk so deep in their barbarism. You will scarcely believe me, I imagine, when I tell you that at one table at my end of the Hall a regular debating society has been formed. Fierce discussions take place at breakfast, lunch, and dinner on subjects of every kind. I have heard them discuss free-thought in all its aspects at one meal, and at the next the probable course of Mukhtar Pasha. They keep a war-map at the table for reference. I can overhear every word they say, though there are two or three tables between...