Word: cherished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first came to Harvard some years ago imbued with the idea of her traditions and adherance to the customs of old. Many of these I found and still cherish, that is why my spirit burns to see the old Waldorf chairs no longer in their wonted place. For many years the Waldorf was to be seen crowded nightly, now what? An occasional scattered group, stragglers, never the old solid masses that indicated the comfort and conviviality to be found there when the side arm chairs invited sprawling ease and lured by comfort the student from his studies...
...speak of the refundum as an expression of the public will. But this is merely one of the pleasant self-deceptions which a democracy likes to cherish. For a referendum is at best nothing more than a call for the yeas and nays, with no opportunity for anyone to voice a qualified opinion. It assumes that every voter is ready to say yes or no to any question that may be placed before him, whether it relate to the extension of a street-railway franchise, the independence of the Philippines, or the pay of the police force. The unthinking person...
...separate and equal station to which the laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitled them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." That phrase--"a decent respect"--is a very happy one. Cherish "a decent respect for the opinions of mankind," but never let that interfere with your personal declaration of independence. I say--begin now to prepare for the judgment of the ultimate human tribunal...
...There are certain things which a subdivision into colleges would not accomplish. They would not necessarily make it possible, they would not probably make it desirable, for every member of a college to know every other man in his college. But why should this be desired? We all cherish the freedom to choose our own friends and acquaintances, and even lofty college walls are no barrier...
...useless to love liberty unless we establish laws. It is futile to cherish justice unless we provide courts...