Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...body withers the mind withers. Swoon and sleeping are instances of this. Thought is the product of the brain though not in the sense that bile is the product of the liver. And here he said, "There will be much I say which cannot be demonstrated. However, I do think that thought can be proved as the product of the brain, which is the seat of thought. There are two elements-the manifoldness of the brain, and the unity of consciousness. Consciousness is always a unit. These two elements cannot be connected. How then, can a variety of elements produce...
...exasperating to think that this article can go forth to other colleges and to the public in general and purport to be Harvard sentiment. The writer would suggest that the college assume a Dictatorship over this publication...
...recent utterances of the Advocate on the subject of our athletics. The latest and worst example of the views to which I refer is to be found in the first editorial of the issue of December 13th. By those who are not on the spot and who may therefore think that the Advocate represents to some extent, college sentiment, this will perhaps be taken as an expression of undergraduate opinion-and it is deplorable that it should be so. No college paper since my connection with the college has ever shown such a conspicuous lack of the patriotism, the manliness...
...discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought not to make fun of it but defend it, and bear in mind the words of Mr. Bacon, 'Harvard, may she always be right, but Harvard, right or wrong.' " This savors too much of the "win at any cost" spirit, and does not give any good reason...
...relation that existed between these men, possibly the monument that is erected to their memory is the most complete. Goethe stands before. erect, proud, and stately; Schiller a little taller is looking out into the distance while Goethe holds in his hand a laurel crown which he seems to think no man has a better right than himself to place upon the head of Schiller his nearest rival and dearest friend...