Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Having seen and carefully examined the Moak collection since it was sold and knowing thoroughly the Harvard Law Library, I have no hesitation in saying that the statement that "Cornell now has the finest law library in the country" is very far from correct. Since the disposal of the Moak Collection a similar statement has been published in many papers and the following is quoted from the Boston Daily Advertiser of October 18: "This addition will make the Cornell Law Library, 23,000 volumes, the largest law school collection in this country." The Harvard Law Library at present numbers upwards...
...fear of disgrace sufficient reason to make any one learn the correct use of his mother tongue. To read much and intelligently is to speak well; the result cannot be helped...
...store in the squre. We cannot tell when we shall receive our first returns but they will be cast upon the screen as fast as they come till the final one is received. Since we have made formal arrangements with the proper authorites our returns will be official and correct; and as they come from New York through Boston they will be the same as those received by Boston papers...
...supporters of both Harvard and Princeton would surely welcome a correct statement with regard to the dealings between the two colleges in athletic matters. Through the kindness of Prof. Ames of the Athletic Committee, all correspondence is now given out for publication, and cannot fail to clear up the misleading statements previously made in the papers...
...bottom of things, we have often caused misunderstanding. The good that one can do by presenting to his friends a clear and reasonable statement of all that has happened is inestimable, and it is to be hoped that every Harvard man will feel it his duty to correct as far as possible the talse impressions which have gained a hold in the minds of so many...