Word: wised
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...With wise Ulysses have I sailed the seas...
...Everett Athenaeum, now established on a firm basis, is, in every respect, in the most flourishing condition. Two new features of enjoyment have this year been introduced, through the enterprise of the present Sophomore Class, though they are in no wise intended to interfere with its distinctively literary character: first, singing in the Yard, which exhibits excellent training, and shows the society to possess many fine voices; second, occasional theatrical entertainments. For this purpose, they have enlarged the stage in Upper Holden, and obtained a proscenium, curtain, and an excellent stock of scenery. The first performance takes place this evening...
Students in college learn the value of time and of persevering struggle for a definite and single aim, and hence, whatever may be their occupations after graduation, they usually are wise enough to give them their whole, undivided attention. We shall find comparatively few engaged in politics, and who have been able to give their whole time to that; but we find them as influential as if they were there in greater numbers, and more respected than if it were not observed that men of culture take the lead in other occupations also...
...Gray Friars, the name of which reminds us that it too was established in one of the monasteries of that great order now hardly represented but by the monks of the Grande Chartreuse. The founder of Gray Friars, however, was not a king, but a very ordinary person, though wise beyond most men in the disposal of his fortune, - one Thomas Sutton, whose death, December 14, 1611, is yearly commemorated on Founder's Day by the whole school, as all will remember who have read the Newcomes, though in that beautiful description Thackeray has not given the quaint verse regularly...
...attain the rank as a scholar, which all who knew you had predicted, bring discouragement, a belief in the unfairness of a marking system as an indication of profit derived, and a fondness for general reading upon a subject instead of constant adherence to the textbook. This is a wise view, taken by itself, but perhaps dangerous to you, Sir Galahad. You have placed the mark too high, and, in receding to your proper place, will be very likely to slip by it. Then we all know that climbing back is not so easy as descent. In manners and morals...