Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...USEFUL little book which should be in the hands of the members of every intelligent household is "The Human Foot and the Art of Shoeing," by Dr. Samuel Appleton, author of "The Hygiene of the Foot." It contains a vast amount of practical common sense compressed into a comparatively brief space, and the advice it gives, in the clearest and most coherent manner, is invaluable. The explanation of the structure of the foot, with accompanying cuts, must convince any unprejudiced person that the present method of making shoes is, in a great majority of cases, foolish, injurious and destructive...
...Cambridge, whether temporarily or as residents, would make use of the club. Thus both graduates and undergraduates would be brought into occasional intercourse with each other and it would be fair to hope that a greater unity of feeling arising between them as Harvard men would strengthen their common attachment for the University...
...USEFUL little book which should be in the hands of the members of every intelligent household is "The Human Foot and the Art of Shoeing," by Dr. Samuel Appleton, author of "The Hygiene of the Foot." It contains a vast amount of practical common sense compressed into a comparatively brief space, and the advice it gives, in the clearest and most coherent manner, is invaluable. The explanation of the structure of the foot, with accompanying cuts, must convince any unprejudiced person that the present method of making shoes is, in a great majority of cases, foolish, injurious and destructive...
...passing shadow, one of many similar shadows cast by similar persons. Men die by thousands, but are not mourned by the mass. Their places as objects merely become vacant to be at once and silently filled by others. The death of the venerable elm on the common causes more general sorrow than the little child crushed beneath its falling branch...
...fifteen leading candidates on the teams of Yale and of Princeton were prepared at fourteen different schools. Each college draws from eight different schools, two of which are common to both. They are: St. Paul's, in Yale team 4, in Princeton 3; Lawrenceville, Princeton 5; Andover, yale 4; Princeton Preparatory, Princeton 2; Hill School, Yale 2; Penn Charter, Yale 1; Princeton 1; York Institute, Young's, Kiskaminetas, Baltimore, 1 each in Princeton team; Groton, Adelphi and Hopkins Grammar, 1 each in Yale team...