Word: better
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...mind one of the practical failings of the elective system. Very many of us have found that the liberty given in this direction fails of accomplishing its end, and that from the want of knowledge of the nature of some of the studies offered we are but little better off than we should be if the studies were decided for us. The fault does not lie in the Elective System itself, but in the necessity of choosing without sufficient information of the object of different courses and the manner in which they are to be treated; and, in the absence...
This stale gibe is by no means funny, and is very ungentlemanly. We all remember how pluckily that crew struggled against adverse fortune last year, and should think Cornell would be on better terms with Williams, - having cultivated her acquaintance so carefully in the race...
...with his chum about the meaning of a word or on some one's character, - arguments productive only of a mutual contempt of the other's opinion. If a man is so unfortunately constituted that he cannot endure his own society for more than fifteen consecutive minutes, he would better find some one to share the burden with...
...once, leave your all-attractive Parker's and take a stroll with me. Yes, it is rainy, and muddy, and the narrow sidewalks of the "cow-paths" so blocked up with umbrellas, that the possibility of navigating your own through them looks dubious; but no matter, - all the better, in fact. The contrast of the beauties I am about to disclose to you will be all the more striking. At any rate, you can emulate Mark Tapley for once, and get some credit for being jolly. Let us step in here a moment. Ah! yes, this a picture store...
...competent persons, and a standard set for the guidance of those who have the making of them in charge, and none will be accepted which fall below this standard. The negatives from which the heliotypes are to be made will be taken expressly for the purpose, thereby producing a better effect than the use of photographic negatives would give. Some have been already taken, and will probably be placed on exhibition within a few days...