Word: contempts
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...toil and sacrifice for the results they have; those to whom labor and poverty cannot be disgraceful because these are the central facts of their lives. I say we are all aware of this state of affairs: but I doubt if in the memory of many of us the contempt that the former class bears to the latter has received such audacious expression as in the last two issues of the CRIMSON...
...perhaps of the nature of a divinity student to be aggressively on the watch for contempt of those who are not wealthy, at the same time that he evidently regards supreme contempt for those who are, as of itself a virtue; but in bringing the question of contempt into the discussion of the student waiter system, our correspondent raises a false issue. We do not urge that a student should not wait in Memorial because he thereby renders himself contemptible The simple fact of the case is that in the world today the various forms of what may be called...
...natural aversion to this unnatural situation has in it no element of contempt; it is rather the respect felt for equals which makes it offensive to see them assuming duties which are universally recognized as belonging to inferiors. And again, it is respect for men as equals which compels reluctance to put them in a position where it would be hard for them to preserve to the full their own sense of equality. Contempt has no place in the protest against student waiters, nor can it be read into that protest by any but the over-sensitive...
...shall now discuss the qualities of genius and art. It is common for genius to look with contempt upon art. This should not be so. If you discard art you are sure to fail. Many geniuses have been forgotten because they have failed to observe art. Genius produces, art reproduces. In acting reproduction is the most important. Night after night a part must be played and give the same effect every time. If the actor grows weary, he produces a weary audience. Mr. Macready, the famous actor, once said to Mrs. Warner that one of his great speeches, which used...
...made it necessary to abandon them altogether. Ease and effectiveness in the government of the College are chiefly to be expected along the line of better understanding between the Faculty and the students; for in the case of two such bodies it is not familiarity, but unfamiliarity, which breeds contempt. The progress of the past few years has shown how true this is, and it has been very gratifying to notice the constantly improving relations between professors and students. The College Conferences would have contributed much to further advance in this direction. It would, however, be out of the question...