Word: oneself
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Civil Disobedience revolutionary ("I do not care to trace the course of my dollar . . . till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with. . ."). Radicals and reformers like Alcott thought him anti-social ("God does not approve of the popular movements," said Henry, who believed in reforming oneself first). The good citizens of Concord simply called him a loafer who had thrown away a Harvard education...
Future tycoons of finance will find a solid foundation in CRIMSON Business Board work. The make-up of the paper, dealings with advertisers, copy-writing, and salesmanship are all within the province of the Business candidate, while at the same time valuable experience in selling oneself is part of the game...
...worth considering. Everybody knows that East is East and vice versa. Let us keep it so and make two years of Chinese a prerequisite of any course dealing with some phase of Chinese civilization. Furthermore, the proper province of a university is the universe. Hence the advisability of concerning oneself very much with just a third of this world of ours would appear distinctly questionable...
...Writing is a good stick to have by you, but a very poor crutch," he said. "It's all right to do some of it on the side, but when it becomes the only means of supporting oneself, it is not a very satisfying profession...
...wish the psychiatrist no harm, but if great religions could have more hold on the people, there would be less use for them. Vital religion aids one in ridding oneself of this sense of guilt...