Word: instinctive
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...resolutely in frowning Mr. Bryan down. Our captain is lining up his men and nerving them to courage and self-sacrifice. Heaven grant that no intermeddling politician disguised as a saint may in the name of our mothers and our children be permitted to appeal to mankind's overmastering instinct of self-preservation and love of self-indulgence...
...doubt. Is it a bargain? Possibly not, because the new owner could have the option of cultivating the ground and finding his market in Combes, or of staking out a battlefield and doing business with tourists when peace returns. What an opportunity for a man with the historic instinct! But will France permit showmen to desecrate the soil where her heroic sons have given up their lives for human liberty? The great battlefields of the war from the Somme to Verdun should be set apart and dedicated to educational and patriotic uses for all time. --New York...
...also recommended the award of the second undergraduate prizes of one hundred dollars and bronze medal to Edgar Louis Tiffany '16 of Dayton, Ohio, for his essay, "El Greco," and to Sidney Purton Pfeifer '16, of Cambridge, for his essay, "The dramatic instinct: Its value, place and use in the education of the child...
...most notable feature of the character of the undergraduate is his instinct to conform, to think and act as his fellows think and act. If probation were looked upon as a disgrace, and if a little healthy missionary work were done by classmates--in other words, if undergraduates realized some responsibility for their fellows--the sinking probationer would more often make an effective effort to reform his ways. It may sound extreme to say so, but the fact is that probation in Harvard College is no more of a punishment to a student than an indictment...
...title of "Chaucer and His Poetry." It is, I think, hardly too much to say that this is one of the most interesting books on Chaucer that has ever appeared. Based upon profound and exact knowledge, it is as far as possible removed from pedantic scholarship. It is instinct throughout, with the liveliest enjoyment of Chaucer's art and its purpose is to impart to the reader something of the author's conception of Chaucer as 'the most modern of English poets and one of the most popular.' The style is that of a lecturer, lively at times almost colloquial...