Word: mire
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present. The present feeling at Harvard seems to be that politics is a question sacred to the family hearth, that must not be touched upon by outsiders. Mingled with this feeling there seems to be a feeling of utter hopelessness, as if politics were buried so deep in the mire that respectable men would accomplish nothing beyond soiling their hands by interfering. This state of things is a deplorable one. Politics and the science of government should occupy a prominent place in the teachings of a university. Professors are not expected to inculcate ideas peculiar to any party, but free...
From that encircling mire. "Back, sage," I cried...