Word: almost
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...earnest listener to the prayers and sermons of another; and those who are in any way remarkable for their strictness of life are seldom, if ever, taunted with the charge of exclusiveness. The good effect of such a state of feeling upon those who are to become ministers is almost incalculable. No bigoted or "priggish" character can be fostered in one who, without contempt or distrust, associates freely with men of all degrees of "goodness," and of many forms of belief...
...gentlemanly-looking person, with kid gloves, a cultivated intellect, and a manner that puts one immediately at ease. He may resist this unexpected and alluring form of temptation, and gain from the contest a strength of character which, owing to the circumstances we have already touched upon, is almost always accompanied by corresponding breadth; but it is not unlikely - judging from experience - that a style of conversation remarkable rather for its ingenious oaths and delicate doubles ententes than for its "yea and nay" simplicity, will betoken a decided, though perhaps gradual, change in his inner life...
...friends, and especially for the younger members of the family, of Mr. Hughes, cannot fail to interest every one who reads it. Few persons, in this country at least, were aware, before the appearance of these memoirs, that Thomas Hughes had an older brother George, who began life almost as brilliantly as the author of "Tom Brown," and who possessed the same traits of character which have given his younger brother so prominent and honorable a position. In the opening chapters of the book, Mr. Hughes, with characteristic modesty, recounts many of his brother's exploits at home...
...long since, an article was published which discussed the present system of college penalties. At that time almost every student was delighted with the near prospect of voluntary recitations and the abolition of morning prayers. Then it was the custom to praise the Faculty for their liberal opinions in regard to college discipline. Then, too, some cherished the hope that in no long time this childish system of privates and publics would be done away with. That the rule against smoking in the yard had been set aside, was considered the first step in this direction. For some time, also...
...Penates, and look with disgust upon the destroying hands of the Goths and Vandals, namely, the College Carpenter, and a dealer in second-hand goods, who never leaves anything in a room the furniture of which he has purchased, but the paper on the wall. A short time ago almost every room possessed a transmittendum of some form. Of those made from parchment but a few can be found. It is alleged that some have been destroyed because the rooms have been injured in concealing them. As those who have damaged rooms are generally fined double the amount...