Word: devoid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...bothered so much by a number of managers working at cross purposes. In addition there would be no opportunity for evasions on the ground of previous subscriptions to other funds. No one could refuse absolutely to pay without realizing that he thereby put himself on record as utterly devoid of public spirit. Finally, all men who are able to be generous could feel confident that their contributions would pass into the most capable hands and that the money would be spent where it is most needed. In short, it would seem that the work might be done better and more...
...casual observer the natural conclusion, we think that the true explanation of most of the absences from chapel is carelessness and unwillingness to sacrifice a few minutes. Many men have never taken the trouble to go inside the Chapel. It is not because they are atheists and devoid of all religious sentiment, but because they have a feeling that the Chapel must be a dull sort of a place...
...will be, it is sure to bring its reward sooner or later. Those who are inclined fallaciously to assume a connection between this and other defeats, and to look gloomily on the future,- if there are any such-are as unworthy of being Harvard men as they are devoid of every essential quality of sportsmen...
...apprehension of the man who took it. For such acts as these are not done except in bravado and that implies that the knowledge of them will be shared by a number of men. If there is a single group of men in the University who are so utterly devoid of regard for its most valued memorials, as to countenance the possession of this cross by one of their number, it is to the shame of the whole body of students...
...Chapel, on the contrary, are there for a purpose of their own and not from any disagreeable necessity. They come because they wish to take part in the service, and accordingly do take part so earnestly that it becomes a real act of worship instead of a mere formality devoid of significance...