Word: reaction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Class 3. (a.) A prize of seventy-five dollars to Harold Ethelbert Addison, of the junior class, for a dissertation on the Apostasy of Julian and the Pagan reaction of his time...
...pointed out, a day or two ago, the mischief which scholarships play in urging men on to undue work, and the reaction among other men which this overwork causes. The fact that scholarly ability is not more highly regarded here among students is to be regretted, and regretted deeply. The men who work too hard for the scholarships are not to be blamed. They have no choice. They must take the system as they find it. The system is what is wrong...
...change is the symptom of progress. We can define life only as a series of constant changes ending in death, the great change to something beyond. Wordsworth defines progress as a movement of the race toward an unattainable perfection. In progress there is always a tendency to reaction. Conversion is a reaction, a putting away of old associations. The progress in science, which seemed to question some religious beliefs, brought about a reaction in the belief in one absolutely true religion...
...together contradictions. The doctrine of eternal punishment was formerly preached most vehemently, and a sect arose who contradicted belief flatly. The two doctrines have been modified and many believe there is truth in both. Every religious belief of the last century or so has had a back-ground of reaction...
...amount of money-and the number of such who come to Harvard is very large-the cost of board is the most important variable in expenses. The increased price of board would have one of two effects. Either such students must content themselves with poorer board and the inevitable reaction on health and intellectual power, or else they must give up the idea of Harvard and choose some other university...