Word: thought
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...does not give his thought to one of these three branches of human effort must necessarily do inferior work in life. The man who ignores politics because he lacks interest in humanity and in the problems of legislation, is no less contemptible than the man whose political activity is based upon desire for the profit it may yield...
...people outside of office is more satisfactory than any work that can be done in office. Newspaper work of today is largely anonymous, and that fact is discouraging to those that would delight in the sound of their own names. But let a man select for his guiding thought the half cynical toast of old Teufelsdroch: Die Sacheder Armen in Gottes und Teufels Namen...
...weakened by a curious uncertainty in the handling of the verse. The metre is prevailingly iambic, but the license of substitution of trochaic and other measures is indulged in so freely that it is sometimes hard to catch the rhythm. At times, too, the rime has overmastered the thought, as in the sixth stanza, where "the first chill of night" certainly rimes with bright, but is a poor phrase for the cool of the morning
...than any other man in College. He had had sufficient practice. A bad ankle, which had prevented his training as much as the other men, was perfectly well and did not trouble him in the race; he himself felt in good condition and the other men on the team thought that he should run. Not only did these facts justify him in believing that he could do his fair share, but they also show that Coach Lathrop, whose long experience in handling track men entitles his judgment to great weight, and Captain Dodge are not accountable for "bad management...
...suggestions may be of assistance. No man can go through Harvard without changes in his point of view a broadening of his faculties, and new ideas on every phase of life. These are the points that may be brought out. Specific facts are wanted, but a little thought on the bearing of each important event in the formation of character and tastes will make the record far more interesting and useful. Influence of schooling, friends, room-mates, instructors or undergraduate undertakings, are all points of the utmost importance in a record of this kind, which is intended to throw light...