Word: blissfully
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...learns and becomes the famous philologist, or the famous scientist, whose works are kept in our American libraries at the disposal of everybody. He knows and cares for nothing better, and it were cruel indeed to tell him how much more favored we Americans are. "Where ignorance is bliss...
...have always been very eager to know what was the first dream of man. But there is, certainly, no good reason for doubting that to Adam in his lonely bliss in the garden, there came his first sad experience of life, as he lay asleep under the trees on a moonlight night before the creation of Eve, and that as the rib was taken from his side he groaned heavily and dreamed that the pleurisy was tormenting him. I must believe that believe that this was the original of all dreams. Since that dream, indeed, millions of sons of Adam...
...have ever before spoken at a Union debate. The following are the names of these gentlemen: affirmative, Messrs. Stedman, '87, Davis, '85, Robinson, '87, Hamilton, '87, McAfee, '87, Webster, '85, Hobson, '86, Rich, '87, Whittemore, '85, Griffin, '88. Negative, Garrison, '88, Hobbs, '85, Loeb, '88, Robinson, '85, Morrison, '87, Bliss, '88, Halbert, '85, Richardson, '86, Knapp, '87, Lloyd, '86, Sternberg, '87, and Truslow, '87. The vote on the merits of the debate as a whole stood, affirmative, 13; negative...
...Bliss...
Agassiz has rowed in the class races for the past two years; Wesselhoeft has been with this class crew in all its races except the one with the Columbia freshmen, when he was unable to row. His place was taken by Bliss, who has since been in all the class races. Kemp and Penrose are new men, but have both had considerable experience in single sculling. Hutchinson has rowed in four races, Bryant in three, but not in last year's class race...