Word: civility
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Alden, F. A., civil engineering...
Baldwin, J. R., civil engineering...
Barclay, J. R., civil engineering...
...recently published references to the Mod. Fac. these words occur: "Several of its members, as a result of their acts, might be punished by the College and put in prison by the civil authorities. In consideration of a promise to relieve them of these penalties the undergraduate members of the Med. Fac. have contracted to bring the existence of the society to a close." No description of the proposed agreement could be further from the truth than this last sentence; but it represents a popular misconception that accounts for most of the criticism that has been aroused. It is true...
...young look back on history, recent or remote, as all of one piece, for such it is to them. But those who have lived through a potent period of history, such as the Civil War, cannot take this distant view of their own achievements and misfortunes. Yet there are many Americans who misconstrue the events of the war, or who seek to minimize its issues. That great struggle was the trial of an indictment against human freedom under the disguise of a contention for the disputed right of secession. But behind that long maintained and often honestly supported right...