Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...less sight than near-sightedness? If you mean by "prudence" near-sightedness, then we do not claim for it the meaning of far-sightedness, nor indeed do we desire to have anything to do with it. But I am convinced that not even political economy is content to accept prudence of this sort as an attribute. Again, to cap the climax, "There are no two characters more unlike than the heroic man and the prudent man." Do you hear this, students of political economy? You are not Christians. There are no germs of heroism in your souls. Do you hear...
...maidens to a chorus from the "Little Duke." Exeunt, leaving Harvard and Stubbs to sing a duet. Erminie again. These gone, another duet by Dorothy and her mother. Cholomondeley follows, then a gag song by Harvard, to whom enters Dame Daffodil with a song from "Iolanthe," and the two accept each other as son-in-law and mother-in-law, respectively. Re-enter pirates and damsels, who sing a chours from "Ruddygore." Next in a solo, Dame Daffodil expresses her glee at the prospect of becoming "a very irascible mother-in-law," and then a final chorus from "Lorraine." This...
...four organizations, the base-ball, foot-ball and athletic associations and the boat club, refuse to accept this plan, the plan does not go into effect for any organization...
...they did, failed to show a manly spirit and have adopted unworthy tactics. If the course at New London is suitable for a triple race, and Columbia desires the contest, then it is the plain duty of our freshmen to take the most honorable course open to them and accept the challenge. If the course is proved unsuitable, then the matter is decided once for all. There are many men amongst us who think that it is undesirable to have another yearly contest with Yale. We have, perhaps, enough already. But to assert as a reason for refusal that such...
...believe that it is the true sentiment of many of the players, backed by a strong undergraduate sympathy, that Yale should accept the invitation extended to her by Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, we desire to assure the management that we are ready to co-operate with them in case they are determined upon this action...