Word: objectivity
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...should be gaining a practical knowledge of men and the world, and working with enthusiasm upon your chosen profession, - this time you spend in a life every law of which is unpractical, in studies which are of doubtful use, and in recreations which are absurd, all for an object which is simply that humbug called general culture...
...should the Record object to this perfectly innocent and justifiable action of the Freshmen? They have only followed the action of the Yale University team, which the Record defended...
...been proposed of late to start an Historical Society at Harvard. The movement has already begun, and it is greatly to be desired that it succeed. The object of such a society is evident, namely, to collect several copies of the various text-books used in all the History electives, and place them at the disposal of the men who are studying History. The plan brought forward is this : It is thought that the College will provide a suitable and convenient room, where the books will be handy for every one. Out of the two hundred men in college...
...much object to him, because he uses up the time. The man who is most incomprehensible to me is he who laughs, -laughs at all the instructor says, all that he says himself, and all that I say. How he can so break decorum as to appear enthusiastic about anything, I cannot understand; it is so unfashionable...
...students would be more particular in both these respects, and if they would not take down a half-dozen books when they use only one, a great many more men would be benefited by these reference books, and the object of the professors in placing them aside would be more nearly realized...