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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Public opinion says so. Whose opinion is that, pray? If Snobling and you and I and the rest of us do not make public opinion here at Harvard, why, who does? Who are the authorities whose opinions are so valuable that they are adopted by all those who have no opinions of their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHO MAKES PUBLIC OPINION AT HARVARD? | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

...principle of an honor-system - that men should be encouraged to work - is more fully carried out. By the establishment of the several grades, honors may influence the work not only of those who are studying for a Commencement part or for summa cum laude, but of every man whose marks are over seventy per cent; for prizes of some sort will be within easy reach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW HONOR-SYSTEM DEFENDED. | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

...have no opinions of their own, should adopt Swellington's opinions. Swellington would not be a popular man if his opinions were not worth having. But what a responsibility he has! He is probably a noble fellow, but is he always as guarded in his conduct as a student whose opinion becomes public opinion should be? Does he remember that every act of his will be imitated by a score of his admirers? For instance, it is Gosling's private opinion that he ought not to drink, and also that he does not like the taste of liquor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHO MAKES PUBLIC OPINION AT HARVARD? | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

...whose careless tenderness, half feigned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON A WARM DAY IN WINTER. | 4/1/1879 | See Source »

...obtains them; there will be much less interest taken in a list embracing a large proportion of the class, - it will rouse as much excitement as the list of Bachelors of Arts. Our Harvard honours will become much like those of a certain college, one of whose alumni, on being asked if he graduated with honours, said with a shrug, "O yes; half my class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "TOO MUCH HONOUR." | 4/1/1879 | See Source »

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