Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...indignation. The question of open elections no longer seemed an unsettled issue. That reform was not the modification of an institution for the sake of convenience in which case further modification, or even the return to the old state of things, would be conceivable; but open election, it was thought, meant the assertion of a principle, from which it would be impossible to retrograde. The anonymous expression of regret for the ancient regime might, therefore, seem idle petulance, and call for no remark, even though its author feels it necessary to go back two thousand years to the system...
...thought of those he missed...
...gift from Q. A. Shaw, Esq., of $1,000. It is to be wished that other gentlemen would follow his example, for the payments on the debt amounted last year to about $3,900. The change of the title of the College Steward to the "Bursar," which has been thought an affectation, was made in order to distinguish that officer from the steward of the Dining-Hall...
Each breath a thought, of selfish subject purged...
...think that our rulers are already sufficiently aware of our opinions on this subject to be in no need of further prompting. That action may, however, be of use in showing them that public opinion would not be so violently opposed to such an improvement as is generally thought. At any rate, I do not think that we need fear what outsiders will think, if we are sure that we are doing what is right, and take proper care to let our reasons be known...