Word: knows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conclusion, as this is the accepted position of Harvard in the public press and private mind, ought not every man in college to know, at any cost, the basis of the convictions which his college represents...
...course of an address some time ago said: "I have done more for the profession in advising young men not to enter it, than I ever did by teaching." Also he said: "It pains me to look into the faces of so many likely young men, because I know that a large number will be driven to the wall." Also: "Young men, unless you know you have a special adaptation to some branch of the law, the sooner you sell your books and get out of Ann Arbor the better it will...
...comers of 1849" imbued a spirit of youthful energy into the old camps. Bayard Taylor tells of their industry, mirthfulness, hospitality and public spirit. He found that the first election resembled a "blind pool" of the present day, everyone voting on men and questions of which they know nothing. Among the laws and customs the idea of non-interference in private quarrels was very general...
...well known authors, in the heading of which the writer of the theme had spelt the name wrong. I have no doubt that a low mark will be the result of such a mistake. Now why should we countenance the mistake of persons who ought to know better in this instance? Surely they cannot have read or seen a reprint of the first folio of 1623, for there this name as in most good authors is spelt correctly. - "Shakespeare...
...books from the library on unlimited and unrecorded leases. Those who are guilty of this breach of fairness are without doubt thoughtless of the rights of others, rather than deliberate disturbers of the college peace. Thoughtlessness, however, is no excuse. Protests have been made so that now everyone must know that he is committing a theft when he deprives others of rights belonging to all, by this selfish pilfering. A few lessons in criminal law would not be out of place to those who are guilty of this abuse...