Word: loses
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...without a considerable penalty for failure to return "Reserved Books" to the Library at the proper time we should not be as careful in this regard as the peculiar circumstances make it necessary that we shall be; yet it does seem that the penalty now is too severe. To lose one's privilege of taking out books of that class means a great deal, especially since it is lost for a whole month, and this too, many times, when a little slip of the memory is alone the occasion. Is not the forfeit unnecessarily great...
This seems to us to be the situation: That such plays are powerful stimulants to the study of the dead languages, but that they would lose their force if applied too often. There might, however, well be a Greek and a Latin Play in every four years, so that both might be seen by each college generation...
...Yale has not original ideas, she certainly has a faculty for never letting slip a good idea that once she has grasped. Now if Harvard abandons to Yale past wisdom, and trusts in the power of her present efforts alone, the day is surely coming when she will lose. If, however, Harvard holds as fast as does Yale to the wisdom of experience, then she will always have an advantage in the greater abundance of new ideas...
...tribute, it must be an acceptable tribute. Then another thing is to be considered. The audience, while composed almost entirely of Harvard men and their friends, will comprise a hundred or so of outsiders. They would enjoy noise, and would have nothing to lose by it. If Harvard men started to cheer, in all probability these outsiders would seize on the moment for extreme demonstrations, and then what of Harvard's reputation? If anything goes wrong, the general public will never discriminate between Harvard men and the outsiders; the whole blame will be thrown upon us. It is safest...
...manner in which he has spent his money. When he returns he learns that some of the servants have invested their wealth at interest and have made new fortunes. To these the master gives great wealth and cities to rule over. One of the men, fearing lest he should lose what he already has, hides his money and gains nothing. To him the master gives only reproof for not having taken advantage of his opportunity...