Word: knows
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...encounters that have yet chanced, I have not yet been weaponed for that particular occasion, and have been historically beaten; and yet I know all the time that I have never been beaten; never yet fought, shall certainly fight when my hour comes, and shall beat.' Emerson wrote that in a prose way, but he never wrote more like a poet, for he wrote with the long view...
...demonstration of the quite exciting efficiency of the fire-fighters and hose-hoisters of Cambridge, who late forbade two successive smokers in the poor old Union. If the impact of final examinations or the discreet and tinder-dry celebration of Class Day should somehow cause spontaneous combustion hereabouts, we know that they will be at hand...
...writer of the editorial in the Harvard Magazine calls for "professional spirit" on the part of the CRIMSON editors. In that phrase one seems to feel the heavy hand of maturity. Perhaps the voice of some graduate student speaks, who has recently come to know the joy of sustained effort in preparation for a profession. It is worthy of note that CRIMSON editors (at least after they have made the board) sometimes attend lectures; that they are undergraduates; and that they have not long here below in this college world. When the CRIMSON editor has worked through the grades...
...undergraduates for discussion and an emphasis on a general grasp of the subject rather than a knowledge of details. The second factor the University has already grasped and acted upon; it remains to develop the first. This will take time. In the meanwhile it is deeply satisfactory to know that Harvard has seen beyond the immediate conditions of our country, and is working to establish those basic factors in a real democracy; spontaneity of action and of thought...
...which the University debating teams have met. It would be a safe wager that this writer has never attempted to participate in a debate, and he probably did not even attend the debate which brought on his laughable and amusing attempt at a display of immature wit. Does he know how much work a debate entails? Is it any worse to lose a debate than to be defeated in an athletic contest? Would he likewise suggest that the members of a losing football team or baseball team should not be awarded their letters? Is his criterion of merit not sincere...