Word: neglectment
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...emblematic of the age in which he lives. As such he should not be removed to make way for those who have gone before; rather he should be studied to explain those who come after. The genius of the moderns may be questioned, but it is impossible to neglect them as a cultural force...
This fact is not adequately recognized in many courses. The examinations are deprecated by many of the professors in charge, and, as a result, students are encouraged to neglect their work for them. But the most noticeable consequence of this indifference is a failure to take due care that each student gets the mark that he deserves...
...have, to hold, exercise and enjoy the same in the customary manner, by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats, and receipt of gifts, compliments and copies of verses, according to the manner of our ancestors. . . . And in the case the said Annie L. Ide shall neglect [to celebrate it] I hereby revoke the donation and transfer my rights in the said birthday to the President of the U. S. for the time being...
When men of other years left the Union to ever-increasing neglect, little did they realize that its rehabilitation would be so completely for first year men. Other undergraduates have been scorned; with the Yard and its traditions, the Union and the ideals of Major Higginson, the first year men have won the favor of the one man who is the apotheosis of Harvard's traditional atmosphere and social virtue...
...sound system of education, in whatever nation, must provide both for the training of leaders and for the training of those only fitted to be followers, but until recent tendencies began to emerge, England concentrated upon the first to the neglect of the second, while America neglected the first and fixed almost her whole attention upon the second. The central fact of recent English and American educational history is the fact that each nation has discovered its error and is seeking to correct...