Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sure, in the natural disinclination to expatriation so notably characteristic of the German official as well as military and aristocratic class, especially in so far as expatriation is supposed to involve retirement from the arena of advanced investigation. This explanation is, however, unnecessary. The German professor is decidedly better off financially than the American; and we shall deceive ourselves if we think the German Gelehrter oblivious to financial considerations, or in any wise disinclined to estimate the value of his services in terms of the worldly mammon...
...German salary will stand the test of a direct comparison of marks and dollars much better than has been generally believed. Salary must, however, be understood in the sense of income, and must, for purposes of comparison, include the various lecture fees, examination fees, both for the civil examinations and doctor examinations, the allowance for rent, and occasional immunity from various taxes, to say nothing of the various travelling stipendia, of the definite prospect of pension, and of the permanency of tenure...
...this time last year, we can at least hope for the best in spite of our bad prospects; last year we never expected anything else but success, and yet somehow we lost the championship at the last moment. This year when we have little reason to expect anything better than second place, fate should, by the same perverseness, give us the coveted pennant. At any rate the college will have in either case the satisfaction of knowing that nothing will be left undone by Capt. Willard and the nine, by which Harvard may return to her place at the front...
...poetry, on the whole, is good. "Sunrise" is a charming bit of verse containing a very pretty, though by no means new idea. "An Answer," is a fairly good piece, the second stanza being by far the better of the two. Altogether, this number of the Advocate is more than unusually good...
...opened the case for the negative. Ireland, he said, has laws as just as those of England and Scotland. The difficulty in Ireland is not political but economic. At some time, the law question will have to be settled. If the land is to be brought up, England is better able to do it than Ireland is. The Irish members of Parliament have displayed ability in an obstructive rather than a constructive...