Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hence the increased majority in favor of the power of Congress to issue paper. The burden of proof lies on those who wish to prove that the legal-tender laws were unconstitutional. It would be idle to try to discover the intentions of those who framed the Constitution. Law cannot inquire into such obscure questions. The words must be interpreted as they are written. The views of the "fathers" were divergent on the question of paper money. Some were against giving the power to Congress, others were in favor, so no clause whatever was inserted, thus leaving the contest...
...busy a man as he to give half of every day to Harvard College, where so many men are ignorant of the fact that he is here among us and taking, as a Harvard man himself, a deep and daily interest all the men as a whole. It cannot be indifference, for the actual count, day after day, proves that the percentage of men, as regards the total enrollment of the college, who are present in chapel, is larger than that of the populace of our large cities. Still, were Dr. Brooks so widely known throughout our country and abroad...
...great praise cannot be accorded the action of the Overseers and Corporation last January, when they abolished the office of Secretary of the College, and substituted therefor that of Secretary of the University. The increased powers connected with the new office and the wisdom of the change have been made apparent in the management of petitions for absence and in other ways, but what we particularly wish to notice, is the prospect for helping students in their efforts to obtain a livelihood during the summer months, and further in finding permanent situations for men who are about to leave...
...college." When a corporation of the strength and vitality of Harvard University takes hold of a matter some striking results are inevitable. If the students in need of situations and the employers in need of men take advantage of the offer which has been made a mutual gain cannot fail to result...
...failure to hand in a list at the proper time, or any proposal of inadmissible topics, may seriously interfere with the success of the student in question. Owing to the shortness of the time, and the number of persons concerned, the instructors cannot undertake to correct any mistakes as to these matters. Especial care should therefore be taken to conform to the foregoing rules...