Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...position may lead to such action in the present instance as would not be taken under different conditions. From the fact that Harvard stands as a leader it is very easy to make the mistake of thinking that more is required of her than really is. The argument will doubtless be used during the consideration of the cases of these men, "We cannot afford to risk misinterpretation outside the" college; and the equal danger of risking misinterpretation within the college may not be so apparent. There is no doubt whatever that the past ten years has seen a steady improvement...
...question of tariff reform the speaker concluded that the result of honest argument among the most honest and intelligent men of the country was to uphold the Democratic party...
...Occasional fraud is no argument against pensioning deserving soldiers. - (a) Fraud cannot be entirely prevented in transactions so large. - (b) Pension frauds have been greatly exaggerated. - (c) The pension office has on the whole been carefully and methodically administered; Century...
...Which side had the better of the argument in the "Ouecrelle des Anciens et des Modernes"? (Consult Saintsbury) History of French Literature...
...first Paul got for his answer nothing. Then out of the silence came to him a thought that gradually shaped itself into the word of the Lord, "My grace is sufficient for thee." Nothing is more unphilosophical than the argument that prayer is merely reflective. Contact and influence is one of the interest realities of human existence. Why should not divine influence be more real? Paul came to regard it as very real...