Word: self
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this deed we all know there was no ill-will whatever-none toward Harvard, none toward Yale. And yet a grave injury was done to the property, to the self-respect of Harvard men, and to the good name of the college. The spreading the report of this irreverent folly all over our land gives a false impression as to Harvard College life, and does a serious injury and wrong. What then ought the offenders now to do? Should they work in concealment, to be ferreted out like rats, feeling now a guilt they never meant to assume? Would...
...Government interference, as exemplified in the Sherman Bill, is harmful. (a) It strikes at the root of competition. (b) It strikes at the root of self preservation, i. e., preservation against combinations of labor.- Forum, vol. 8. p. 65. (c) It strikes at the root of organization. (d) It strikes at the root of co-operation. (e) All these factors are essential in successful production,-Cong...
...affirmative by H. E. Grigor, '92. He declared that the negro had been denied his rights in the South, and that congress had been packed by Southern democrats. The bill proposed in congress by Mr. Lodge provides a sufficient remedy. It is constitutional and does not interfere with local self government...
...third service of ethics is to give us a clear insight into social questions. Some economists say that only on the supposition that self-interest is the ruling human motive, is the greater part of economical laws founded. It is not difficult to see the inevitable result of the system of self interest, the weakest perishing, the strongest leading a life of little more than nervous prosperity. The problem is to bring to the hearts of men the fact that disregard of ethics is the cause of earthly misery. Social disorder can be changed to happiness; there...
There is a marked tendency among employers to choose men who intend to make teaching their life work. Teaching and studying to perfect one's self in some other profession at the same time, can be done, but the cases are rare in which both tasks are done justice. For beginners in teaching the, position of assistant in a high school offers large advantages for acquiring experience in school government, or, better still, the principalship of a small school. The best course is to assume the latter first and then to advance to a larger school...