Word: meaninglessness
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...hesitates to draw attention to an act which shows that a boyish, not to say unmanly, spirit from which we had hoped Harvard was free, still persists among us, if only in the case of individuals. But the meaningless prank which brought to an untimely end the last lecture in English 8 yesterday morning, should not be allowed to pass without comment. It not only prevented the class from hearing the summary and conclusion of a remarkably interesting series of talks on one of the great periods of literature; it was not only an act of gross discourtesy...
...sufficiently well bred to act like gentlemen on all occasions. No matter what the provocation may be, the presence of +++ndies at least ought to be a check to such proceedings as these referred to. We would particularly emphasize the fact that this hissing and stamping are perfectly meaningless to the average visitor. Moreover, they seldom accomplish their purpose. The stranger either stands it until it becomes unendurable and then withdraws, or until notified by a director or waiter that he is expected to remove...
...must speak the language of today. It must recognize and meet the needs of men as they are, not as they ought to be. This has been said so often we have almost forgotten the other principle without which this idea of adaptation becomes vague and meaningless...
...satisfy themselves in the least, by physical or metaphysical theories about formation and perpetuation. What delights their minds in the contemplation of unchangeable laws and ever-changing beauty, and fills them with an overwhelming sense of the littleness of their own faculties is an infinite Reason and no such meaningless conception as "Force...
...only poetry number, "A Sickroom Fancy" is long and rather meaningless, though parts of it read smoothly...