Word: blindly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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WANTED.- Some one to copy blind MSS. in very ligible hand. Apply at once...
...names are known only to members of the Pierian Sodality-is here found fault with; but the man who thinks he can yodel. This man, we grieve to say, has more faith in his ability than those who room near him, and who have heard him practising. "Love is blind, and cannot see," as we all know; and in this case love is deaf and cannot hear. That it is a case of love, there can be no doubt; for he, the typical yodeler pursues the object of his passion, the very elusive and unattainable yodel, at all hours...
...reason has been accepted, and the discussion allowed to rest. But we are now brought face to face with a pressing need of the Divinity School of money to prepare a proper receptacle for a very valuable library which has been presented it. We do not wish to appear blind to the interests of any one department of the university. We would be glad to hear that outside parties had taken the matter in hand and had furnished the necessary amount. But we feel that any change in the library which does not aim to alleviate its present comparative uselessness...
...ball players. We can suffer a while longer the crying iniquity of the misuse of the library. We can still be tamely led to worship in the darkness. We have a new field in which to trample upon Yale. Let grand tournaments be inaugurated; let us learn to play blind folded. Let us even have inter-collegiate contests. Here is a game which may even supersede tennis. Let us support it with our accustomed vigor. But if these propositions be impracticable, let us hear at least that the Chess Club is still among the living. Let the Club come forth...
...classics. He shows that since the time of Luther it has been the dominent force in education. He traces the various phases of its development, and gives most carefully drawn pictures of the men who were distinguished in this field. But the study of the past does not blind this author to the demand of to day. The historical development of the last three centuries, he says, may be defined as a slow but steady progress toward the formation of a distinct modern culture, separating itself gradually from the ancient civilization out of which it grew. To day this modern...