Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...good sized audience filled Sever 6 last evening to hear Mr. Hamilton's prize dissertation on "Boniface, the Apostle to the Germans." Mr. Hamilton began with a brief review of the general condition of Europe in the eighth century. Society was imbued with the rankest spirit of barbarism. There was no security from the lawless bands of robbers. Pillage drove all who had any feelings of duty to the monasteries and cloisters. The glory of Rome as a nation was gone and the bishop of Rome saw an opportunity to raise a powerful church out of the ruins...
...terms of "excellent," "good," or "bad," as the case may be. While our marking system as a whole is in a somewhat chaotic state, and while our examinations are frequently valueless in the determination of work done, these attempts can be of only limited importance, but they show the spirit which is working for the final good, and should make us feel that we still have a place in the march of progress...
...course of studies to be adopted by students. This, coupled with the facilities afforded for original research in experimental medicine which Harvard alone affords, and its reputation as an educational centre, both in the past, present, and future, is sufficient guaranty of worth. We wish it every prosperity. - Spirit of the Times...
Does this show a "petty spirit" on the part of the faculty, or is there anything in it which is not well "calculated to" properly "influence the students in a search after truth and knowledge...
...best filled by their writings. The fact that cleverness may fail to secure anything like a lasting reputation for its possessor is not a cheerful matter for contemplation, but when it is remembered that lasting reputations are the exception rather than the rule, we can appreciate the spirit in which a man seeks a reputation which may endure only for his own day and generation, rather than be content with the dismal prospect of enjoying no reputation...