Word: outgrowth
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...word to express it, or at least an old one with increased meaning, has come into use, In direct contrast to such a spirit is the system of rewards and punishments which Harvard is fast shaking off, - and of such a system is not the proposed plan a natural outgrowth? A few would be made happy by outstripping their competitors, most of whom would, of course, be disappointed and disgusted with the scholastic or literary pursuits which had failed to accomplish for them the desired object, while the great body of the students would be affected...