Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...unknown to them. Let him find satisfaction in good work and be content to say with the old philosopher of Weissnich: Two writings of mine, not indeed known as mine (for what am I), have fallen, perhaps not altogether void, into the mighty seed-field of Opinion; fruits of my unseen sowing gratifyingly meet me here and there. I thank the Heavens that I have now found my calling; Wherein, with or without perceptible result, I am minded diligently to persevere...
...Ford's "Oxford: an Opinion" is so modest in its claims to authority that it almost forestalls criticism. Yet the author shows that during the single term her spent in the English university, he kept his eyes open and his mind at work. A longer experience and deeper meditation might have led him to change his mind on some things, as, for example, that it is not difficult to get the English point of view, or that "refinement, because it is the most difficult part of education to attain, should therefore come last." Some things, on the other hand...
...satisfied with the condition of affairs; Berlin asked for more specific charges. The trouble quickly became complicated by the interference of the two home governments and the mistakes of M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs. Emperor William's inflammatory speech in Tangier still further aroused public opinion, so that the prospect of immediate war led Germany to begin actual preparations. At this point, Germany came to her senses, and a request for a conference was sent to France. France insisted on her special privileges in Morocco, which were of long standing, and in the conference which finally settled...
...does not follow, however, that this is the only solution of the dilemma. The object of the present canvass is to get the opinion of the whole University, and this can only be done if everyone takes an interest in the problem. The CRIMSON is willing to help in every way possible and will welcome any helpful suggestions...
...committee, appointed by Captain Burr last month to select a coach, is composed of men who have had long and varied experience in Harvard athletics, and any choice which it might make must be considered as the result of expert opinion. We therefore do not hesitate to predict that the new coach will have the whole-hearted support of the University in his endeavors to produce a winning team...