Word: affectionateness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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We have recently seen references in our exchanges to that much talked of Harvard indifference. The expression is so frequently used that it has become trite and almost lost the little signification which it originally possessed. It is generally regarded as referring to the want of class feeling among the...
How many of our most important acts and thoughts, our friend the philosopher would say, are guided by chance! A sympathetic glance, when the lip is trembling, - a sigh, when the heart is full, - these are the causes of passionate affection; but an ill-timed word, an act of presuming...
He was born on the morning of the 25th day of November, 1859, in East Concord, N. H. In 1873 he was admitted to the Roxbury Latin School to pursue his studies preparatory to his admission to college, where, by his superb scholarship, his modest and considerate deportment, and his...
By an outburst of affection,
" -- a man of such a character. I felt it my duty to expose him to you. I hope you will reconsider your determination, and reciprocate the affection of your devoted