Word: altering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doctrine ground into him, that the end of all study is to cheat the examiner, and that knowledge is valuable only so far as it can be made to pay in an examination, it is hard to see how he can unlearn the teaching he has received, and alter the character that has been formed in him. The grown man is what he has been taught to be, and out of cram may come many examination answers, or even a Fellowship, but not original research and the love of knowledge for its own sake...
...opinion or belief. I rested my belief on conversations I have had at various times with those who are connected with the Yale crew, in which I received the impression that Yale spent more money on her crew than does Harvard. Thus far I have seen nothing to alter my impression on this subject, although it is entirely possible that it is a mistaken...
Whether this explanation be a good one or not, the facts remain the same. No theory about free will can alter the teaching of experience or take from us our energies and desires. But if we believe that our actions and characters are wholly determined by physical causation, we must regard sin as a disease or deformity, which may make us dangerous and disgusting, but cannot make us guilty. If we believe, on the contrary, that the law of our being is a spiritual law whose essence is freedom; if we believe that this natural freedom is abdicated when...
This plan has the advantages that the colleges could safely alter their rules in such a way as to give the alumni discretionary power to enforce the rules and order on the field, in cases where they could not give a like power to such professional umpires as are usually employed. We think by its adoption that not only could the sole objectionable feature in college contact with professionals be removed, but also more cordial relations would be promoted among the colleges. For the colleges would be relying upon each other's honor...
...adjourned meeting of the overseers was held on Wednesday, and the principal business discussed was the printing of the quinquennial catalogue, The next number will be published this year, and the action taken by the board will materially alter the appearance of this graduates' catalogue in the future. The committee which had been appointed to consider the expediency of printing the names of the graduates in English instead of Latin, reported favorably for the change, and the following motion proposed by Mr. Sargent was carried, and the motion accepted : "That the board of overseers advise and recommend that the Quinquennial...