Word: selfe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...make or keep fortunes, their individualities must be pitted against those of others; and in the struggle of individualities a knowledge of one's own, with its strength and weakness, is of the first importance. There were never wiser words spoken than those of old Polonius; "To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." But how can a man be true to himself, if he does not know himself; and how can he know himself if he mistrusts his own identity, and puts aside...
socialism (a) by weakening self-dependence (b) by fostering pauperism...
...most selfish standpoint, when we try only to make ourselves good and strong, it is easy to see that a thing most necessary and helpful is the doing of good to others. No character can be noble or strong that is wrapped up in itself, for a selfish and self-centered man is the meanest and most hopeless of all creatures. But every one can find some way of doing good in his daily work. It is not necessary that everybody should be a founder or even a helper of great charitable institutions, but to do good each...
...Private charity is the best means of furnishing the necessary aid, because (a) it can best ascertain the actual number of those in absolute want, and (b) by exercising a personal and moral influence it tends to strengthen the laborer's self-dependence...
...come directly from the students. Since the experiment is at present being made of uniting all athletic expenses under one management, we should depreciate, as out of sympathy with the spirit of this experiment, any ordinary door-to-door canvassing. The club ought to be as nearly as possible self-supporting, and to rely for funds rather on additions to its membership than on general subscriptions. There are many students to whom the situation in regard to the Cricket Club will appeal and who are well able to give their support by becoming members. We sincerely hope that the cricket...