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...Nay, but the rarest and most sweet...
...Nay, call thou for help from no mortal...
PRESIDENT McCosh, of Princeton College, declares Yale and Harvard "sinfully, nay, almost ruinously expensive," but thinks that "this arises not so much from the demands of the colleges as from the exactions of cliques and classes of students in forming clubs and providing amusements...
...would probably think twice before making an exhibition of himself again. Nine tenths of Holworthy's hearers, doubtless, are quick enough to think privately that he is talking like an ass; but openly they smile approval, and this often from good-nature, and in the unconsciousness of any insincerity, - nay, more, with the inward satisfaction of having displayed great worldly tact. Undoubtedly worldly tact smooths intercourse, and should therefore, in regard to the foibles of men, be generously used. But if principle is at stake we make but a poor bargain if we exchange it for smoothness of intercourse. Witness...
...what keeps toadyism alive, the obvious answer is the desire to be popular. Frankness of expression is not compatible with a certain popularity. Nay, more, if you would be popular, you must not by your silence let it be suspected that you inwardly frown on most or much or even some of your neighbors' modes of thought and action. Silence, because men do not know how much you disapprove, is more feared than open censure, and in the uncertainty your disapproval is overestimated, and in proportion feared...