Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...true that these conclusions are not strikingly original, but, backed as they are by the author's extensive investigations, they carry a very considerable weight. Many curious habits of students and writers are detailed. When Littre, the French philosopher, felt the strain upon his system produced by continuous thought he repaired his natural forces with doses of fruit, jelly or jam, pots of which he kept conveniently at hand in his study. Gladstone eschews tobacco and only drinks light wines. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes prefers an entirely undisturbed and unclouded brain for mental work, unstimulated by anything stronger than...
...almost all the prominent authors and scholars of the world, from W. D. Howells to Victor Hngo, on the subject of the use of stimulants and tobacco. Many approve of a moderate use of both. None of those quoted, however, resort to alcohol as a habitual stimulus to thought. And many yet abjure the use of both alcohol and tobacco. Their combined testimony, however, cannot fail to be of use to any student in forming his opinions on a matter so vexed and disputed as the question of total abstinence and temperance at present...
...which a multitude of tablets commemorate the names of the gallant graduates of Harvard who fell twenty years ago in the civil war. In the same building is a magnificent dining hall, decorated with portraits and busts of eminent Americans, and, as it was near luncheon time, we thought we would wait to see whether the American student played as good a knife and fork as our own Cambridge boys at home; and how the two groups compared as respects their physical development. It is but a tame business for an onlooker to watch a student in his rooms dipping...
...rules of the Inter-Collegiate Association appear in a recent number of the Spirit of the Times. Comparing with the Yale-Harvard rules we find a few differences, although they are of minor importance; as we should naturally expect, the Yale-Harvard rules have the appearance of being more thought-fully and carefully drawn...
...would call attention to the fact that the petition relating to the political economy department has been placed at Memorial. A large number of signatures have already been obtained, but it is thought best that the many students who, although desirous of signing, have not yet had a chance, should be given an opportunity before the petition is handed in. We cannot too strongly commend the requests contained in this petition, and trust that every student will show his interest by adding his name to the list...