Word: quietly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thinking of the days that are to be. He hears nothing of the vigorous tide of life now flowing round his chair. He knows nothing of past success or present attainment. His face shows no trace either of self-distrust or of self-satisfaction. But the quiet unconsciousness with which his trustful hope looks toward the west is something good to see, and is typical of the college life to-day.- Henry C. Badger, in Magazine of American History for December...
...very like hissing from those in the seats near the doors. This made it at times very difficult for those interested in the lecture to hear what was being said. The lectures in English B are voluntar, and those who do not care enough for the subject to keep quiet through the entire hour had better stay away. In History I very much the same thing has been noticeable for several weeks. Harvard is not a preparatory school, and this mention ought to be enough to prevent such a thing happening again...
...knot of small boys who select with particular care seats near the choir. This is done with the intention of distracting the attention of the choir boys by winking at them and keeping up a perpetual flow of talking and whispering. These boys should be taught to be quiet or be excluded from the chapel...
...average of expense prevails at Harvard. They suggest that students are, after all, merely young men temporarily removed from homes, and that they are practicing here, without violent change, the habits which the home has formed. Those who have been accustomed to large expenditure spend freely here; those of quiet and considerate habits do not lightly abandon them. But it may seem that the smallest of the sums named is large for a poor man. It may be believed that even after restraint and wisdom are used, Harvard remains the college of the rich. There is much in our circumstances...
...death we lose one whose quiet, unassuming manners and strict devotion to duty had won the esteem of all who knew him. Though deeply grieved at our loss, we nevertheless feel that the all-ruling God has afflicted us in furtherance of His own wise designs for our good, and therefore we humbly submit ourselves to His will, trusting in His inflinite mercy that is ever with us, and His love that is over...