Word: asking
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...twenty men, and say that they, and none but they, stand a chance for the five prizes that are offered. It seems to us that the only really fair way is to have the same judges for the two trials. If this is too much for us to ask, we can at least be allowed more than one judge. It would be advisable, too, that at least some of these judges should be outsiders, who have no previous impressions of the speakers to rid themselves of. We were told a short time ago that the Professor of Oratory had decided...
...rooms remain that are not disposed of, the sub-Freshmen should be allowed to draw for them; they should not be allowed to draw for rooms which many men in college would be glad to get. It does not seem to us that it is anything but just to ask that men who have been in College for from one to three years, and have contributed to its support during that time, should have some advantages given them in a matter of this sort over those who are just entering. But the fact probably is, that considerations of justice have...
...noticed it, and as I have no doubt but that you have a good deal of spare time, I'm going to ask you to write up a little thesis - say about a hundred pages - for next Tuesday...
Secondly. I give out questions in class, and when students ask me where to look for information I tell them to look in a book...
DEAR JIM, - As you were kind enough to ask me in your last letter for some account of my life here, I will give it to you, with a fair warning that you brought it on yourself...