Word: think
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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What would my mother think...
...authors, Aristophanes is my favorite; his "Clouds," for instance. I think if I were to attend college for fifty years, and it were possible, I would annually elect this consummate work of Grecian literature. Its chastity of style, the spirit in which it was written, cannot fail to win the admiration of scholars through all time. Of the author's ability I am convinced; and since the concession of his humor is hereditary, I am obliged to acknowledge that, though I candidly believe that if the inhabitants of the moon - hypothetically speaking - were provided with an edition of Josh Billings...
What would my mother think...
...unconditional. Further, he evidently has recently attended Van Amburgh's Circus, for he favors us with a long discussion of Hannibal's tricks. To compare Hannibal with "rank" men is certainly original; but to apologize for Hannibal's conduct is so unique that the whole passage deserves quotation. "We think," says this precocious writer, "that in many cases Hannibal - like students possess sufficient common-sense, but, by force of circumstances, fail in exercising it. To such men a college course is narrowing, instead of being expansive, and making them truly vicarious." As friends, we should advise the author to consult...
Those of us who think must therefore admit that Harvard leans towards infidelity. The Professors are much to blame for this. True, they do not directly inculcate bad principles. They are too wily to do that. They prefer to accomplish their end, in a safer and surer way, by the subtle teaching of manners and acts. Among the more abandoned students many a conspiracy is hatched; in cold blood they often settle on the best plan of working the religious ruin of some fellow-student, and ruthlessly execute it. All of us are familiar with the method of a young...