Word: ought
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course, could be further from the truth. It is the Latin who looks at the realities of life, and who, arguing like Machiavelli and Mussolini, from what man is, decide what government must be. It is the Anglo-Saxon who commences with an abstraction, an ideal conception of what ought to be, and finally shapes his state upon opportunity, according to theory. And as to sentiment, almost everyone knows that the English and Germans are the most sentimental people in the world, while the Italians, in spite of their demonstrate veneess, remain cool-headed and realistic...
...said that he ought to resign from his position as Secretary of the Treasury unless he was in sympathy with the Bonus Bill and the Tax Bill as we had passed them. That, I insist, is a fair statement. He ought not to administer a law unless he can 'do it fairly. That is what I said, and I repeat...
Brown turned in a capable performance as relief pitcher in the last three innings. He allowed two hits, both of which really ought to have been cut off by Hammond. He fanned Gautreau and Captain Simendinger walked Riopel, and hit Cote. His strike out of Simendinger came with the bases choked in the sixth. The Harvard southpaw looks more and more like a Yale series possibility. He will probably start the Wednesday game against Dartmouth...
Nowadays, however, the routine has changed perceptibly; after breakfast the question of the precocious daughter is no longer, "Mamma, ought I be starting for Sunday school?", but "Hey! Daddy's swiped my nibble!" The college education of parents, too, which in spite of Mr. Bertrand Russell's opinion to the contrary is genuinely liberal, has created an atmosphere of surprising toleration and intelligence in the home if they wish to read poetry on the day of rest, instead of exercising, modern children, resort no longer to Lewis Carroll and R. L. S. They turn for mental nourishment to the subtle...
...headed "Harvard Scouts". It asked several questions, and the last question it asked was. "Are you interested in a Harvard Scout Club?" Please let me say that I think a Harvard Scout Club would be a splendid thing. It is something we need and something that every Harvard man ought to support. And if I may I would like to add a suggestion. Let us have the "Youth's Companion" added to the Union Library. WILMON B. CHIPMAN...