Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Balch is relied on by President Eliot and the overseers, and it is said that it would be highly disrespectful to dismiss the steward against the will of the governors of the university. Respect for our governors is very well in its place; but when our health and comfort are concerned it becomes of secondary importance. President Eliot and the overseers, fortunately for themselves, do not board at Memorial Hall. Perhaps it might not be unwise to invite them to take their meals there for a month, and then ask them their opinion of Mr. Balch's management. I have...
...hope the managers of the Athletic Association will show their considerate regard for the comfort of all who attend the meeting today, by endeavoring to prevent a repetition of the rush that was so disagreeable at the entrance last Saturday...
Through a recent communication in our columns, it was suggested that the west door of the gymnasium be open to those holding reserved seats, and accompanied by ladies. If the management finds this arrangement possible, it would add very much to the comfort of all attending the meeting. If, however, the west entry cannot be used, we hope the doors may be open for an hour before the beginning of the exercises, so that the ladies may be allowed to get in and be seated before the crowd besieges the entrance...
...ideas have at least no sure foundation in experience, and that at best we see in the physical world a conflict of processes, some tending to growth others to decay. Thus we cannot be sure that progress is an essential and necessary fact in the world; and the religious comfort that we draw from progress must be very limited...
...unpleasant, to say the least, to be compelled to stand upon a small portion of a car-step (especially on a cold, windy night,) during nearly the entire trip. It is more than unpleasant; it is positively an injustice, if the company has at all in view the comfort of its passengers, - a matter which seems to admit of doubt. Now, why cannot two cars leave Boston at the same time, instead of one as at present? We think that even then they would be uncomfortable, - they always are, - but, nevertheless, it would be a great improvement, and one welcomed...