Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...explaining to a darkey in Piney Woods the cause of the eclipses of the sun and moon. Listening awhile, he exclaimed: "That's what they told me at home, but I did not believe them; for I thought if God created those things, he would make them run clear...
...heart. The book consists of a collection of short poems and sonnets, most of which are supposed to be uttered by a woman whose soul is stirred to its lowest depths by love for the man to whom they are addressed. And here the author's skill is most clearly shown; for by the passionate expressions of the woman, we are led to recognize the grand and noble character of the man she loves, and also to see how true the woman's nature must have been to enable her to cherish such feelings. We do not know which most...
...Economy, it is to be hoped that as many electives will be given as practicable. A "passing" knowledge of our amiable friend Mrs. Fawcett's little primer would prevent many of the ridiculous blunders committed every day by "the powers that be"; and the time may come when a clear comprehension of the vital principles of Political Economy will be of vast importance to us as well as our country...
...ninety-five electives are offered in eleven different departments, and it is clear that the elective system is an assured success, and that a right selection of electives can make an undergraduate what Harvard undertakes to make...
Secondly, unnecessary cruelty must be avoided. Surely, in these days of compassion it needs not to plead for this principle; it will at once be approved by all true artists. I thought at first that the rule should read "all cruelty"; but it is clear that the art of murder, like that of medicine (in the matter of vivisection), sometimes demands the infliction of pain; cruelty, in this sense, is not always avoidable. For instance, in that admirable and truly Gothic bit of art related by De Quincey, - the killing of the baker, - no inconsiderable amount of distress...