Word: argument
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...argument is a simple one: I am independent, therefore I am unpopular. Let us see if his reasoning is sound. It is one of the conditions of civilization that the customs and precedents of the society in which we live shall influence our conduct. It is the conservative element in a state that keeps it from anarchy. But these commonplace truths are ignored by the independent man. In the face of established and recognized principles he blurts out his opinions. He thinks it is great and original to pronounce, though unsolicited, his views on college life, and the motives which...
...uplifted" instead of "unuplifted," which spoils not only Wordsworth's meaning and metre, but the argument to illustrate which the writer uses the lines. The Yale Lit. is really very interesting; we must not judge of Yale from the Courant and Record. On the whole, college magazines are not nearly so objectionable as college papers...
...Trinity Tablet greatly yearns for Latin services in chapel. Its argument in their favor is somewhat as follows: Our course of study is more like that of Oxford and Cambridge than that of other American colleges. Our new buildings are "after the plan of the old English University system" (whatever the plan of a system may be), therefore we should go further and have Latin prayers, because these are used in the English universities. To begin with, we should like to know how a course of study can be at once like those of Oxford and Cambridge, which are essentially...
...been said that the difficulty in the way of electing officers will overthrow an attempt to restore the old ways. This argument smacks strongly of a too careful study of the troubles in the class of seventy-seven. The class of seventy-eight have always got on remarkably well together. They have had numerous meetings, all of which have been harmonious. There has never been the slightest complaint that one society has encroached upon the rights of others; and there is no reason why the Class-Day officers should not be elected as smoothly, as easily, and as satisfactorily...
...course Mrs. Bonte knew I'd like Miss Litchfield, she and her mother had been such dear friends. I did n't see the force of the argument, but I gave her my arm, and we walked up to Miss Litchfield. "She is from Bellesley College," whispered Mrs. Bonte; "she spends her Sundays here with...