Word: defending
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...marks were given out yesterday in English 1 and 2. Prof. Child took occasion to explain and defend his system of marking...
...harm the most, still we claim that Mr. Wilde is a proper subject for reasonable satire and even ridicule, in all that in him is plainly exaggerated and absurd, - which is by no means little. For it is only in this way that the public is permitted to defend itself against the cant of his sentiment and the sophistry of his pretence. As a matter of taste (and we but repeat the opinions of other judges who are more competent to decide), we by no means believe him to be a man of "fine poetic achievement," any more than...
...Omega from which there is no appeal : Mr. Wright = Dowden + Furnivall + ???. This is very pretty, and it doubtless satisfies the ingenious inventors; but more exact Shaksperian scholars will not accept it as proof of the "lunacy" of either Mr. Dowden or Mr. Furnivall. We do not propose to defend the latter gentleman in the use of language which he doubtless regrets sincerely as do we ourselves; we do not propose to assent to any errors which the New Shakspere Society may have made; but despite the Advocate, and despite Mr. Algernon Charles Billingsgate Bilgewater Swinburne, we still insist that...
...carried out, would have succeeded in putting the track athletics of both colleges on a firm basis, and consequently we cannot too deeply deplore the unfavorable reply of our sister college. The zeal of our athletes must not be relaxed in any way, however, as we still have to defend our claim to the championship cup, and we shall need quite as much careful preparation for this as would be necessary, if the athletic men from New Haven were willing to meet us. We hope, at least, that Yale will have sufficient enterprise to send some representatives to Mott Haven...
Theodore, defend thee...