Word: restraint
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clarity the nature of the obligations which such freedom imposes upon those who would avail themselves of it. It must be used in full and unerring recognition of the responsibility attaching to them as members of a teaching faculty, and never for mere personal ends. In other words, the restraint is moral and ethical. It is because it is moral that it can neither be disregarded with impunity nor enforced by a mere codification of rules for a censorship. --Boston Transcript...
This year, with restraint which is unparalleled, we have refrained. The reason may not be ascribed to the German War, the income tax, or the high cost of paper. It was simply that we hit upon the conclusion that our Cassandran prophecy of imminent catastrophe fell upon deaf and Trojan ears...
Corporations, Contracts, May 28; Property II, Quasi-Contracts, May 29; Conflict of Laws, May 31; Evidence, Roman Law, June 1; Equity III, Liability and Criminal Law, June 2; Constitutional Law, June 4; Trusts, Restraint of Trade, June 5; Suretyship, Torts, Damages, June 6; Insurance, Federal Jurisdiction (11.15 A. M.), June 7; Public Utilities, June 8; Agency, Jurisprudence, June 9; Property III, June 11; Bills and Notes, War Problems, June 12; Partnership, Procedure, June 13; Sales, International Law, June 14; Property I, June 15; Equity II, June...
...great difficulty in trying to control the spread of German measles is due to the fact that these early symptoms are often so mild that the doctor is not consulted until the appearance of the rash, and meantime the individual has pursued without restraint his daily interests--which, may have included the theatre or a dance--spreading the contagion everywhere he goes...
...current number of the Advocate, and nobody will be surprised to find two editorials, two articles, and a poem on this all-absorbing topic. Perhaps it was not equally to be taken for granted that the subject would be discussed with sobriety, and one notes with satisfaction the calmness, restraint and real disposition to thoughtfulness on the part of the contributors. At least one of the war articles--that of Mr. Fisher, on "Our Military Problem"--shows considerable information and sound reasoning. The style is straight-forward and vigorous, and whether the conclusion is right or wrong, the argument...