Word: instincts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...responding to a system which so strongly resembles his sports, or for bending his energies to playing the game right, rather than assimilating the intellectual background of his teachers. So strongly has this sporting technique been acquired by the college that even when the undergraduate lacks the sporting instinct and does become interested in ideas, he is apt to find that he has only drawn attention to his own precocity and won amused notice rather than respect. In spite of desire of instructors to get themselves over to the students, in spite of real effort to break down the 'class...
...analysis of the resources for moral instruction is then the central question of modern education. There is in human nature a deep stratum, underlying the results of training. A rich manifold of instinct, containing the material from which good or bad conduct may evolve. This manifold of instinct is plastic and may be moulded, so that from nature arises second nature. The instinct of pugnacity may be transformed into a desire to fight for good...
Though he often played to the gallery, and was frequently sensational, this sprang from a sincere dramatic instinct. Few have had more devoted followers, and few have been more wholly admirable in their attitudes toward their families. He stood unabashed before Victoria's rank, his boldness pleasing rather than disconcerting her. This was also the case elsewhere, the fact that he was outspoken proving attractive rather than repulsive. Perhaps his largest asset in achieving success was his imagination, which led him directly to his great schemes for England's territorial aggrandizement. In spite of his love for fame, he added...
...whereas Napoleon never asked his dragoons to preserve "The Last Supper," members of Memorial have time and again been asked to respect the pictures that surround them. Damage has been done; that is known. The knowledge should be enough to put a quietus on further demonstrations of the fighting instinct...
...Medical School Lecture. "The Sexual Instinct--its Abuse and Control." (To men only). Dr. E. H. Nichols, Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston...