Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that he is gabbling like a gosling." [" Ossip" here implies that we advocate the blurting out of this truthful criticism. He seems not to have noticed that we said "intimate."] We do not, continues "Ossip," hereby " rescue" H. H. from "ruin." We admit that we only expect him to reflect upon the sally of wit; and our "only motive in speaking must be the assertion of our own principles of morality, and our oracular opinion." "Ossip" cannot see "what good or harm it does H. H., but the harm it does [us] in establishing [our] reputation as a meddlesome character...
...will be pleasing to reflect that, by adventuring in this lottery, they will combine the prospect of gain with the certainly of benefiting the University; and, by lending their aid to the means of education, will promote the best interests of their country...
...Reflect," continued he, "that one hundred years from now all this genius will have passed away; reflect that others will then feast and make merry here. Think of it, and then - then weep, like Xerxes and me. Yes," sobbed he, putting on his hat, "when we think...
...Granted that there is a "principle at stake," granting that H. H. is "going to the dogs," does "G. E." rescue him from the abyss of ruin by intimating, "delicately but intelligibly," that he is "gabbling like a gosling"? No; he admits that he only expects the reprobate to reflect upon the sally of wit in the future. He does not hope to improve his morals. Then his only motive in speaking must be the assertion of his own principles of morality, and his oracular opinion. We cannot see what good or what harm it does...
...expense which the Association has incurred in repairing the damages done by the scratching of matches is of course a matter of no consideration; but the thinking man may reflect on the possibility of having to light his cigarette in the wind and storm if he can find nothing to supply the necessary friction except the vestibule walls of Memorial...