Word: overstep
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...satirical or otherwise," stern duty points out our course. We must say to our friends of the Advocate that they may do, or refrain from doing, what they please; but when it comes to forbidding to others the same privilege, they disregard the fundamental principle of our government, and overstep their province. We have great respect for the Freshman class, and we wish them well in every particular. No satirical advice to them will appear in our columns; but the letters which have been furnished us by one of our most valued contributors - a man of large experience...
...upheld. I hope it will not be inferred that I am defending any one for offering insults to another under the mere pretence that he is endeavoring to correct him. It would be presupposing a lack of common sense on the part of undergraduates to imagine that they would overstep the bounds of propriety in this line. Collegians generally have too high a regard for the feelings of others to commit themselves in that manner. Of course the thing can be carried to excess; so can everything else. It is as a means of toning down a too flashy style...