Word: self
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...writer on economical topics, Mr. Carey does not introduce his great work with an original poem, but in its place we find the volume accompanied by a whole galaxy of literary satellites, all more or less quaintly humorous. There is a pathetic little novelette, by J. Wharton, on "National Self-Protection"; several brief and brilliant essays by Henry Carey Baird, such, indeed, as make the reader long for more, or at least return to his Noali Porter with a relish; and then two tender, almost poetical; morceaux in that rich vein of thought which his Honor Judge Kelley knows...
...does self-consciousness hinder action...
...stated, the danger of having our furniture made on such demoralizing principles as those laid down by Eastlake. But is this enough to reclaim us from the evil of our ways? Are there not many other besetting sins weighing us down that should be corrected, lest we "leave college self-esteemed oligarchs, with neither the power nor the inclination to exert a superior influence for good upon others...
...hobby horse of "indifference," or a prig prating of "the true, the beautiful, and the good," both too superior to the common joys and sorrows of humanity to indulge in a hearty social frolic. On the contrary, the discontinuance of this ceremony would indicate the rise of an increased self-respect among the students which had made the role of rowdy unwelcome...
...soon Jones, Bones, Brown, Smith, and self...