Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...commenting upon the desultory character of the speeches from the floor in Harvard Union debates. The criticism made was well taken, but it must be remembered that the debate from the floor is largely for the benefits of new comers. It is inevitable that there should be more or less of "exercising voices for the benefit of nobody" in the first few meetings, as some men have never tried to speak before, and to them exercising of voice is of considerable importance. The Union invites anybody to speak from the floor who wishes, and cannot discriminate, hence it would...
...Cambridge Horse Railroad has a new rule to the effect that hereafter all valises be carried on the platform of the cars. As the company does not hold itself responsible for such valises, it becomes more or less of an undertaking to see one's valise safely through its journeys to and from the city...
There is another source of annoyance, happily of an entirely different nature and of much less importance than the above, to those who frequent the gymnasium. It is the way some men have who, either forgetting to bring their own towels with them, take those belonging others; or who mistake their own property for somebody else's which closely resembles it. These evils are small in themselves, but by a little more self-control on the one hand, or more care on the other, these disagreeable consequences may be easily avoided...
This being the fact the question arise, how large a proportion of young men in the land systematically practice athletics? Probably less than one per cent. How large a proportion of those who are members of athletic clubs take an active part in the sports patronized by their respective clubs? Probably less than ten per cent. The cause of this want of interest in athletics is, doubtless, an increasing tendency to pursue sport as an end in itself rather than as a means...
...have spent $1,200 a year; and I hardly need to add that much of it has gone unnecessarily, and that were I to pass through these years again I could easily and satisfactorily get on with much less...