Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...sweeping should carry with it little weight, but there are many who accept a conclusion of this kind without taking the trouble to analyze it. As we all know, there are not two men alike, and when a large body of persons are described as being similar in any respect it is well to investigate the foundations on which the assertion is based before we accept it finally...
...sure, in nine cases out of ten this behavior is due to mere thoughtlessness, and I do not doubt that many a good fellow - in every sense of the word - has taken part in it. But I am sure that by such behavior a man gains neither in self-respect nor in caste, - for want of a better word; and if these societies make any overtures to you - as I cordially hope that they will not - I must beg of you to politely decline them. They can't help you, and they may hurt you; for membership involves a habit...
CORNELL could have expected no other reception for the challenge she sent us than the one she received. As long as we entertain any respect for ourselves, as long as we desire to see college boat-racing raised above the level of street-fights, we must turn a deaf ear to such braggadocio messages as this one from Cornell. The spirit displayed by this invitation to row "in case we win the race with Yale" is the spirit of the prize-ring. There is a deep-seated feeling in the breasts of every one to see our crew row with...
...need to put more-vim into the catch. At present Legate, Loring, Harriman, and Preston are noticeably deficient in this respect. The frequency with which the hydraulics get out of order is a serious annoyance, and causes no little expense. At present they are the best adapted to the purpose of anything known, and the trouble they make - like many other obstacles met in the training of the crew - has to be endured as best...
...becomes stroke of the crew, other men, no matter what their taste may be, will respect and admire him, as men on our crews have in times past been respected and admired. No one will call him a fool for his pains, and hint they could have done as well by making fools of themselves in the same way. If he rides, he will have admiration of another kind perhaps, but he will be acknowledged, all the same, to have done something...