Word: sentiments
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this connection the lack of individual freedom is often striking, as in the case of choosing a profession, when it is considered monstrous for a young man to decide for himself without the formal consent of his family. The whole emotional sentiment of the race makes a Frenchman regard the welfare of the community before his personal privileges and rights...
College spirit, said President Eliot, is the sentiment of gratitude, love, and respect for the institutions and acquaintances of the place where we, undergo very extraordinary mental changes; where we acquire a new set of powers, new faculties; these great changes being associated in our minds with the physical scenes, the natural or artificial beauties of our college. The college town is an inspiring remembrance, to be revisited with keen delight. College spirit is an inspiring motive which lasts through life, and is associated with two very common sentiments; the desire to be serviceable to one's country and kind...
...Harvard Ethical Society, which was formed last March, will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, October 31, in Phillips Brooks House. The society endeavors to influence University sentiment in the direction of the highest ideals in personal, political, and social life by means of lectures and discussions. Topics for this year include: "The Different Ideals of College Life," "The Ethics of Work and Recreation," "The Ethics of the Labor Problem," "The Ethics of the Theatre," "Municipal Reform," "The Peace Movement," "Railroad Rate Legislation...
What has happened at Harvard is that the large football surplus has in time, naturally enough, demoralized public sentiment on the question. The student body, as a whole, is much less ready to give money to support the teams than it was twenty, or even ten years ago, although the actual burden has grown steadily lighter. Under the circumstances such a state of feeling is not to be wondered at, and it has borne hard on the managers, for the unwilling subscriber has now a convenient fence to hide behind; indeed he can even display indignation that such an appeal...
...that deep instinct of self-preservation brought the north almost unanimously together in defense of the imperiled nation. Its instantaneous effect was to scatter the temporizing plans of old politicians. Those who previously had denounced and persecuted the anti-slavery minority, suddenly felt drawn into this wave of national sentiment, and now denounced the slaveholders and their allies of the north. Impelled by this tide of enthusiasm, Fietcher Webster, son of the most conspicuous enemy of the anti-slavery crusade, took command of a Massachusetts regiment and later died on the field, fighting to re-enact...