Word: implicit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...past two years Never did a man better exemplify Harvard's motto of "Veritas." He seemed to be true to his own self in everything he did and said. We all felt as we looked into his clear open face that here was a man in whom implicit trust and confidence could be placed, while...
...which is by common consent the strongest in years, why discourage their work by telling them beforehand that you do not expect them to win; that it would nothing short of marvellous if they did? They have a right to expect, in return for their hard, unselfish work, the implicit confidence of the University, and this, it seems to me, your editorial fails to give...
...communications. One represents the opinion of graduates whose interest in the success of our University crew is vital and unquestioned. The other is the view of an equally sincere undergraduate who represents an honest condition of opinion. Our graduates urge upon us the necessity of unity and of implicit faith in Mr. Watson's management. They say that without these two things we are indeed wrecked so far as athletics go. The communication from "Ninety-six" is distinctly in the same spirit but instead of urging upon the University at large abstract unity and confidence, it points out a specific...
...remarkable influence on their generation as kindlers of enthusiasm, lampada vitae, by constantly holding up a certain nobler ideal in contrast with the base connivances of our daily life, and by affirming the inalienable pre-eminence of the soul. Of original men, that is, of men who had an implicit faith in the validity of their own minds and the competency of their own natures, I suppose Montaigne to have been as striking an instance as could readily be found. He more than any other man cut loose the modern from the ancient world, and emancipated the human mind from...
...begin with, the freshmen have little or no discipline in their work and right here is the basis of the other faults. The men seem to feel that it makes no difference how they play so long as they do not actually stand still; attention, and above all implicit obedience to the words of the coachers seem to be almost entirely lacking. The men refuse to play where they are told and there is a great deal of unnecessary explanation and parleying. The freshmen should learn as soon as possible that a coacher is not put in charge...