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Word: ablest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kept up only by increased effort and greater enthusiasm. If only those who had the privilege of listening to Professor Baker last night can pass on to their friends the thoughtful advice and the inspiration to personal endeavor which he gave, the chances for the selection of the ablest representatives in the contests with Yale and Princeton will be of the best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/11/1896 | See Source »

...debate on this subject by two men of such ability will be of interest to Harvard men. Ex-Congressman Horr is one of the ablest and most interesting speakers on protection in the country. Mr. Shepard is too will known to need comment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate on Protection. | 4/26/1895 | See Source »

...Paul's Society have done substantial service to the University in making it possible for Harvard men to hear in Cambridge some of the ablest preachers in the land...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/2/1894 | See Source »

...done in a dignified manner, it is not bad, but positively good. Political education and academic education are not properly separated; one of the first necessities of a rounded education is an understanding of political questions. How better this understanding can be aided than by addresses from the ablest men in the party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/5/1894 | See Source »

...latter who are up to its standard; that other subordinate debating clubs be organized in the different departments and circles of the University. Let all these clubs unite in a Harvard Debating Association, with that one of the present clubs which may be selected, as the head. Let the ablest members of these subordinate clubs be eligible to the highest body,- or better, that membership in a subordinate club be a prerequisite for eligibility to the highest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 4/12/1894 | See Source »

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