Word: confessionally
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Bashful, trembling Jed's confession
"THE Forty-Second Congress contained ten graduates of Yale and three of Harvard." - Record. Such a candid confession goes far toward disarming criticism. Indeed, we half believe that the natural tendencies of this unfortunate ten incited them to their disreputable courses, almost as much as the effect of four years...
It is affirmed by some that if a student told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, he would receive a greater penalty for his misconduct in question than if he were guilty of a falsehood and were even detected in it, simply because of his boldness...