Word: account
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...real love for literature. If not, perhaps it were better he were not here. It is a common plea that it is impossible to spend so much time and do justice to other subjects; but this is a very feeble excuse; for if one were only to take account of the time he wastes each day, it would be found to be many times more than the one hour spent profitably in the manner described. It is another common excuse that there is no use in hearing Homer and Virgil over again when they were learned so thoroughly before coming...
...believe in the molecular theory," she began, "how do you account for -" And before I could stop her she went on farther into chemistry than I had ever dreamed into...
...money subscribed has gone; and this we have a right to expect. While we have no word of complaint to utter against a single club, we think it eminently just that every treasurer should keep, for the benefit of those who help to support that club, a careful account of every expenditure, and that such accounts should from time to time be made public. If the expenditures are found to be necessary (as it is presumed they will be found), students will subscribe much more readily; and, besides, this plan will accustom us to those business ways which we must...
...request the Captain of the University Crew has given us the reasons why the sign which proved so obnoxious to the press was posted over the Harvard quarters at Springfield. We do not think there is any one in college who would attach blame to the crew on account of the notice in question; but if there is such a one, the reasons given for the action and the attending results prove that the crew were perfectly justified, and that the Captain is to be congratulated on the success of his experiment. - EDS. CRIMSON...
When our crew went to Springfield last June, they were annoyed by an army of loafers, who, on account of a real or feigned connection with some newspaper, considered themselves privileged to hammer the shells, occupy the crew's quarters, and cross-examine each man on any point which might suggest itself to the reportorial mind. Now if there are any things which a crew must do, those things are to keep quiet and to keep their own council. What other means could have produced this desired effect we do not know, but it seems to be a settled point...