Word: trusting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...after that of Mr. Sparks in 1853, and continued to hold it for seven years. It is very difficult for one whose whole undergraduate course was passed under his presidency, to convey to his younger brethren an adequate sense of the affectionate respect for his person and the profound trust in his wisdom which were-inspired by every hour of personal intercourse. We felt that we had a real chief; a chief who was proud and happy to lead Harvard students, and who deserved to do so, whether as teacher, ruler, or friend...
...live on trust, and never...
...experience and acknowledged ability as a lecturer and jurist, would, in connection with some such plan as has been roughly sketched above, be more useful, practical, and appropriate, under the circumstances and conditions under which the school and profession are placed, than the course now adopted. We trust that the learning and ability of the Instructors warrant us in predicting, that their labors will make the Harvard Law School what it ought...
...Harvard has already become well acquainted with the game. Very true, but Yale can practise and learn it during the fall. It is a game very easy and simple to learn, requiring, at the utmost, two weeks' practice for a club to be able to play it skilfully. I trust, then, that Yale will approve of the plan, and that in 1875 we can have a match between the rival Universities in football, as well as in other athletic sports...
...Beautiful example of childlike trust...