Word: selfishnesses
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...selfish principle defeats itself. The opposite principle of which Christ is the great example he has himself set before us, "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Hold to the lowly duty, lose your life in self-sacrifice, is the lesson of the text...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: The notification in regard to room assignments, which has just been distributed with the spring bills, brings up again the old discussion in regard to getting into the yard. I am not starting the debate anew for selfish reasons. My case is hopeless, for I am a senior. Four long and weary years I have waited at the very gates of this paradise, but the fates and this pernicious system of distribution have been against me. I shall never room in the yard...
...been done. This delay on their part in coming to a final decision deserves great censure, especially as it is generally understood that Columbia favors the admission of Yale. On the other hand, if they have virtually decided to abide by their first decision, which indeed would be wholly selfish and unwarranted, they are to be blamed for leading Yale to suppose that they would again consider the matter. If they do intend to take further action on the subject, let it be done at once, but if any decision has already been reached let official announcement...
Many people excuse their selfish worldly lives on the plea that such a life as is enjoined in the text is impossible in this age of ours; which, with its boasted civilization and culture, is an age of mental incertitude, social destraction and moral confusion. The daily excitement which prevails unfits the soul for meditation. If we could but be transferred to the age of Abraham, or David, or even Cotton Mather, it would be easy to live a sober and godly life. But now the lust of the eye and the lust of the flesh, and of vain glory...
...which is being passed over with great rapidity, without constant references to the text-book on zoology by Claus. We have been informed that careful search on the shelves and on the desks of the reading-room, fails to bring the much needed book to light. Who is the selfish man who would deprive a hundred fellow students of their rights, and subject them to such great inconvenience? His action is certainly reprehensible...