Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some copies of the speech I made in the Senate last Saturday, and last night I thought I would read the speech as printed, and, to my astonishment, found some words had been omitted and I was shown to have stated that the Democratic Party lost because it ought to have lost. I did not say that, nor did I intend to say it. What I said was that we lost because the people thought we ought to have lost...
...There ought to be some way of trying theory and practice...
...under the guise of statement of fact. It is impossible, of course, and would be undesirable, to keep out altogether some indication of the trend of the editorial mind, but especially in those departments which retail current news, as distinguished from those which include criticism, I think you ought to be very careful that you do not get more than just enough of the editors' opinions to seaSon the news a little. Thus far, you have avoided this pitfall very well, I think. As an illustration of what I mean, take the recent discussions of the situation in Spain...
...increase will provide the University with a large sum of money annually. The maximum will obviously not be realized in 1925-26, but with 1,000 Freshmen entering next fall and about 1,000 new students entering the graduate schools, the University ought to realize an increase neighboring in the amount of $100,000, while three years after, when all students are paying the increased rate, $250,000 will be brought in annually above the amount now received...
...ought to be a great comfort to every college student whose life-work is still a mystery to him to learn that success is a simple matter of training. If one would be a Shakespeare, a Bismarck, or a Newton, let him forget the "bete noire" of special gifts, of adverse talents and misapplied genius, and go through the necessary ritual of preparation. That is all there is to it--at least, according to Professor John B. Watson, formerly professor of psychology at Johns Hopkins University...