Word: honorability
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...tempted oftentimes to ask, after hearing "the Harvard spirit" of sincerity and honor extolled, whether this spirit can be said to be really distinctive of Harvard, - whether it is not, after all, a fiction for which the college seal is largely responsible. Such doubts are suggested less by occasional violations of honor in the college life than by the difficulty of believing that there is anything about a constantly changing community like ours, which should really put a higher premium upon sincerity than is done in the world at large...
...offence, and in another, in the East, the custom has recently been in-introduced of making a student sign a declaration at the end of his examination book to the effect that he has not given or received help, as if otherwise he could not be put on his honor...
...this and that is for every man here who has any ability at all in speaking to interest himself, and to show his interest by taking part in the competitive debates. We hope that there will be a very large number of candidates for the honor of representing the University in the contest with Princeton...
...present junior class met to consider the advisability of forming an organization for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with the objects and places of historical interest in New England and especially in the neighborhood of Boston. The result was the formation of the Samoset Club, so called in honor of the Sagamore of Pemaquid, who welcomed our forefathers to Plymouth...
...time of Corneille's Cid man was constantly called upon to fight either for his country or honor, so that strength of character and firmness of will were as necessary to existence as life itself. Corneille put Don Rodrique face to face with fate and then left him to conquer or perish as might be. It is the wonderful consistency with which the character of the Cid is developed in relation to the other personages in the play which mark the genius of Corneille...