Word: thoughtless
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...opened its mouth and gravely said, 'Gentlemen, it is after nine o'clock, and you are keeping me awake; I must therefore warn you to make less noise,' and then disappeared. 'It's your proctor,' yelled the company, - we broke up in disgust. A short time afterwards, I was thoughtless enough to permit a little singing in my room; the head again appeared, and I got a public the next day. It was just the same the whole year, so I resolved to change my room...
...students, and I go to read it; but I find only the uninteresting part of the paper left. One hundred and fifty men follow after me, and all meet with the same disappointment that I have met with. Each one goes to the news-stand and buys what some thoughtless or unscrupulous fellow has stealthily robbed from the rest of the members of the Reading-Room Association...
...second objection, it is true, is a weak one, but still is an objection. Unreflecting people might be apt to think that the presence of a base-ball suit in the Hall showed that the wearer had come directly from the ball field. Of course none but very thoughtless people would ever think so, but still their feelings deserve to be considered...
...would be found to be some who attend the lectures merely because they are obliged to, who are not desirous to understand them, and who expect to barely pass the examination by pure cramming. Rather than have the whole class suffer for the misconduct of two or three boyish, thoughtless members, they should be exposed...
...little to say that Mr. Goddard took a good deal of pains coaching the Freshmen, and it is but just to him to say that they greatly improved under his care. While he does not lay claim to a professional's skill in coaching, Mr. Goddard deserves, instead of thoughtless criticism, a recognition of the faithfulness and ability with which he has performed so unenviable a task...