Word: thoughtfulness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...only limitation on the freedom of discussion of the university teacher should be that he act and speak as a scholar. The moment the thinking man is restricted in his thought half the value of his work is destroyed. You cannot say to Galileo, 'Use your telescope, but don't discover that the earth revolves about...
...sport," said Godfrey L. Cabot '82, president of the New England Aero Club, and a speaker at the banquet of the Aeronautical Society next week in the Union, in an interview yesterday, "is wholly impractical. Its prohibitive expense and its extreme danger should be enough to discourage even the thought...
...reported at the field only three weeks before the Andover game, but a great many did report then and the interest that they have shown in the game, their eagerness to improve, and their regular attendance have all tended to produce a good team. When practice first started I thought I had a pretty crude squad to work with, but they have developed so well that I have the greatest expectations of defeating Yale...
...third and last speech, by President Lowell, dealt with his elemental, his fearless simplicity. "He was one of the men who was ready to stand up and think his own thoughts, trust his own thoughts and act upon his own thoughts. And he was ready to do what he thought without regard for the fact that somebody would criticise it tomorrow, knowing that it would justify itself the day after...
...read so many books of Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil, let them discover if he can read and write Latin intelligently. From the individual's point of view, his ability to talk French well is certainly more inducive to the continued study of French literature and thought than the knack of setting down verbatim the translation of four or five prescribed books...