Word: know
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...think it would be better for me to wait until Friday and Saturday let me know. STICKNEY...
...life here a man has the advantages and collected thought of the past systematized for his use, and in the face of this beneficence he feels humble. His hope that he may deserve this is in his attachment to an unknown future, when men shall see the light and know the truth better because of his life. This is not a time of achievement but of preparation. In this sense the actual Harvard is a promise of the Harvard that...
...wasted is concentrated on intercollegiate sports, and it is safe to say that far more good than harm is the result. Until some better outlet is suggested, the best thing the colleges can do is not to abolish the system, but to try to eradicate the evils which we know to exist...
...state at large. Thus it will be seen that Harvard college is in a peculiarly healthy position. It is impossible to ascertain exactly what the mortality of the students is in any given year, for when a man falls sick he leaves college, and the authorities may never know whether he recovers or dies. But it is safe to assert from the experience of the physicians practicing in Cambridge that the death rate in college is only about half as high as that of the general community of the same age surrounding it. It is also impossible to collect statistics...
...should like to call the attention of your readers to the advertisement of the course of lessons on Memory which Dr. Pick is to begin this week. I know enough of the system to feel sure that many individuals will find it of great use. It is based on sound principles and is altogether free from charlatanry...