Word: self
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cambridge firemen was a gift from the college to the city, - hence, the students feel that they are exercising a sort of proprietary right in accompanying it to fires. The second supposition, however, would seem to be the more probable, since it shows up in the light of self-interest this tendency to respond to alarms. Every student who rooms in the older dormitories in the yard knows that it is only a question of time when he may be compelled to rush for his life from his blazing building. He trains himself, therefore, for the inevitable crisis by getting...
...negatively critical, as Harvard men are, perhaps, too prone to be. It comes at first perhaps, from self consciousness and from a fear of ridicule. Be positive in your attitude, but not dogmatic. Plunge into the stream and learn to do things yourself. Intelligence and sympathy come with experience. Learn the lesson of doing the right that lies close at hand, from the brave action of Mr. Cable in publishing his two books "The Freedman's Case in Equity," and "The Silent South." His action in defying social ostracism for the sake of what he felt was the right should...
...fruit or seed is generated. The, stamen is the pollen producing organ; this, when placed on the stigma and style of the pistil, excites the secretions of that body which make their way to the ovary to the undeveloped seeds within. The lecturer divided flowers into four groups: those self-fertilizing, and thost fertilized by wind, water, and animal life...
Prof. Trelease closed his lecture by saying that however the subject of botany was considered, either as the result of a direct order of the Creator, or that of slow growth and self development, it was worthy of the greatest attention and study of mankind...
...through, the 'varsity climbed into their barge and disappeared up the river, rowing easily and slowly till out of sight. In about ten minutes '86 appeared, and crawled down the river in a lame and disjointed way, with Capt. Harris in coxswain's seat. '88 followed '86 and the self-possession of her representatives as they seated themselves in their handsome barge elicited much admiration; still more when they disappeared up the river with a long swinging stroke, - in a perfect time and unison as if they had been on the water for weeks. The juniors were the last...