Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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That the movement is a success beyond the hopes of its projectors cannot be doubted, in view of the interest, amounting even to enthusiasm, manifested by the members who attend the drills. at the gymnasium, and by the large number of names appended to the roll of the battalion, a list daily gaining in strength and influence...
...first place, the statement that I went through Harvard on $1,500 bears in itself evidence that I cannot be a man of mean ability or small industry...
...excellence of style, delineation of character, or relation of events, - and none of these benefits can be gained from superficial reading, - ought not to take the time of any one, unless he reads wholly for pleasure. We usually do better, therefore, to skip volumes rather than pages. Because we cannot now read all that we wish on certain subjects, it does not follow that we should neglect them entirely. At some future time we may take them up again if we have learned enough to know what authors to choose among the many who attract us from all sides. Scorn...
...made with Blakey, for he only undertakes to furnish boats during term-time, and he would, of course, be responsible for the return of the boats in September in proper repair. There are probably many who spend their vacations in some place with favorable opportunities for rowing, which they cannot make use of because there are no good boats. If the clubs choose to take the matter into their own hands, it would increase their revenues as well as accommodate their members...
...lack of education in art matters is evident, and experience has proved that while the present courses are good as far as they go, one cannot in a year fully master the principles they should teach. We cannot too earnestly express the hope that the possibility of the formation of these new art-courses will speedily become a certainty; and we are confident that, when established, they will never be in want of students...