Word: polisher
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...press, in all of which the great mass of discussion has centered about the one point, is, or is not, a highly educated man fit to devote his time and attention to the trivialities of any occupations outside of the professional? Many are convinced that the higher the polish a man puts upon his mind the less readily it adapts itself to the hard and exacting circumstances always found in a purely financial pursuit. But is this true? Has it not been found by trial that the more a man cultivates studious habits, the more he can understand situations that...
Every boy is not fit to be sent to college, because it is not every one for whom a college education is beneficial. Properly applied, a college training is a sort of polish that adheres only to material of fine grain. Culture does not adorn every nature, and, except with the wealthy, the expensiveness of a college course should plainly indicate an expectation of some substantial return. Money should not be wasted in turning basswood into clock work machinery.- (Educational Monthly...
...think it true that the American man, not only the polished gentleman but the common American, is far more polite and considerate of the wants of the ladies than the Frenchman with his veneered polish of scrapes and bows, or the Englishman with his gruff indifference...
...much for the English system, which has been held by President Porter to be better than our own in several respects. As to the result of the system Canon Farrar goes on to say : "This is the sort of 'kelp and brick dust' used to polish the cogs of their mental machinery ! And when, for a good decade of human life, and those its most invaluable years, a boy has stumbled on this dreadful mill-round, without progressing a single step, and is plucked at his matriculation for Latin prose, we flatter ourselves, forsooth, that we have been giving...
...annual race with the Harvard freshmen Columbia has again been able to secure a lively lot of young oarsmen with a really good stroke. As is natural with a crew selected in the way usual with freshmen, there is not much polish about the work, but there is evidently plenty of willingness, and all they require is a little care and attention to make them fully as good if not better than the freshman crew of last year. Up to Wednesday last they had been using the '83 class boat, which was not rigged to suit them...