Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact, was to blame in this case, for the matter was really editorial matter, which should have been submitted to the President for approval; and which, in this instance, did the board great injustice-as it threw upon them the burden of fathering a wholly individual piece of opinion. Appreciating as we did the great difficulties the Lampoon works under, the surprising reputation it has maintained for so many years, and the great effort it is making this year to make itself still more pleasing to the eye and amusing to the spirit, we did the only thing we could...
Apparently this was not sufficiently abject to please the Lampoon, for its issue of to-day devotes a great deal of space and ingenuity in abusing us, in spite of our apology; but we do not think that public opinion will pronounce their reply either called for or in good taste-perhaps they themselves will not in the course of a month or two. It is human...
...Inter-Collegiate Press dinner last Friday evening, a speech was made descrying the appointment of recent graduates from colleges to tutorships. The sentiment of the gathering was unanimous in favor of the opinion expressed by the speaker...
...balconies and pavements, and the newspaper press sent out a half dozen extras to announce the result. And when we consider the character of the attendants upon the game, it is certainly suggestive of its immense power over the people-and the people who both make and reflect public opinion...
...scheme of his own. Not-withstanding this fact, Socrates was a prolific parent of philosophical schools and his influence was felt for generations after his death. The one principle of Socrates which we know is "All knowledge is virtue." Mr. Grote has done valuable service in refuting the common opinion held as regards the sophists. He shows that they had no share in corrupting Athenian youth. A strong argument in favor of this view is that Plato in his dialogues, Protagoras and Gorgias, treating on the two greatest sophists, makes no accusations whatsoever against them. Professor Goodwin illustrated the points...