Word: distinctness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...what goes on around us, as if the clouds had parted for an instant, and shown us some of the painful, realities of life. This sudden flash of light is what one wants; out we want it so to strike upon the retina as to give us a distinct, forceful picture, not a mere jumble like the images of a kaleidoscope. Besides these prose works the number contains two poems which are not very good. Mr. Sanford's sonnet is especially rough. There are one or two beautiful lines in it, but the general effect is crude and contradictory...
...fourth, and declared of and concerning the same viz: The said president and fellows are to take and receive said property and estates, and to hold, manage, and invest the same according to their best judgement and discretion, taking care, however, to keep said property and estates as a distinct and separate investment apart from all other investments made and held by them, so that the amount and kind of property and estates held in trust under this will together with the income, interest and profit thereof, may, at all times, clearly appear on their books of account. The said...
...buildings occupied by or intended to be occupied by the said library, or to the erection of any such building. This gift is subject to the following conditions: First, that the scholarship shall be known and designated as the 'Price Greenleaf Scholarship;' second, that a separate and distinct department of the library of the college shall be established and maintained and a portion of the building appropriated to the library shall be set apart to be known and designated as the 'Price Greenleaf department of the library...
...library of said college by the purchase of books, the preservation and repair thereof, etc., and in all other respects this half of said residue to be subject to the like restrictions and conditions set forth in the ninth clause of the will, except that a separate and distinct department of the library shall not be established as previously provided, unless it is deemed expedient...
...CRIMSON was represented by no distinct costume, but by the respective class uniforms of the editors, with the added distinction of a white sash over the shoulder, and a few insignia of the trade as shown in our initial letter above...