Word: impressiveness
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...never been the reader's fortune to meet a man who tries to impress on others his familiarity with every topic under discussion? If such has never been the reader's fortune, he cannot have a very wide acquaintance in college, for there are shoals of men of this description here. One cannot detect them by their walk or their dress, but they betray themselves by their conversation...
Hardly any subject, from hydrostatics and dynamics to the last Jerome Park race, can be broached but he will discuss it with fluency and confidence. Whether he knows anything about the subject or not, he will do his best to impress his hearers with the breadth and depth of his information...
...University particularly is obliged to look to these races in picking out what new men he needs. His men must be selected at once, and to Freshmen, since he is yet unacquainted with them, his sharpest scrutiny will naturally be given. Hence it is that we would so impress upon the new-comers, and upon all who desire to try for the crew, the necessity of improving this, their pleasantest and best opportunity of showing to the experienced and watchful eyes which will be upon them what is their promise as oarsmen...
...half a dozen young rascals 'cut up' and disgrace themselves, there is no end of complaints of 'Yale impiety' and 'Harvard indecency,' thus inculpating a thousand young men in the guilt of half a dozen. We have spoken of this matter before, but we wish we could again impress on the minds of the scandalized exposers of college corruption that the majority of us are real good fellows who are trying faithfully to smother all the vice that is in our midst; that our instructors are Christian gentlemen who are ably seconding our efforts; and that the most discouraging thing...
Finally, I beg you to continue to impress the necessity of docility upon the boating-men of the College; they have been joined to their idols long enough. I enclose my card, and beg permission only to subscribe myself