Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this celebrated fraternity, which has on its rolls the names of so large a proportion of Harvard's distinguished graduates, is one of the highest honors which are bestowed on successful students, it cannot be out of place to give expression in this public manner to the general opinion that the annual supper would be far pleasanter, if two hours and a half were not spent in listening to so many weak and silly attempts at wit. Just as this year's dinner was more entertaining than the last, let us hope that next year some more amusing...
...complaint; but until we had tried by conversation with different individuals to find what dishes are generally disliked, we had no idea of the difficulty of getting a sufficient number of men to agree in a single complaint to justify us in publishing that complaint as the opinion of the majority. There are some who are perfectly satisfied and ready to acknowledge that all that is possible under the circumstances is done for their comfort. However, we think we are justified in saying that almost everybody has some private grievance, which he shares sometimes with a large, sometimes with...
...fact, no one who is interested in the subject can attend the course without being able to form intelligent opinion upon the subject, and to gain some standard, beside that of a mere uncultivated fancy, by which to judge of the merit of engravings; and the audience, although not as large as might be expected from the value of the course, yet is all that could be wished in the evident interest and attention which it manifests...
...large as ever, and far more demonstrative. It is possible that the applause was so frequent because there were more personal friends of the performers present than usual, but I am inclined to think that the excellence of the performances themselves was enough to produce this result. The general opinion is that this was one of the best concerts given by the societies. The selections were varied in character, and ranged from the simple melodies of Haydn to the noble harmonies of Wagner. One thing which noticeably contributed to the success of the concert was the great care which...
...This opinion may be well founded, for we look upon our sister college with much respect; but we fear that the eminent litterateur regards his Alma Mater in the same light that he does himself, with over-appreciation...