Word: distinctness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last week the organization was completed of a society that has been in contemplation for some time, and which it is hoped will fill a place of distinct usefulness in the University and among Harvard graduates. As the object of the society as stated in the constitution is "to foster among students interest in the historical associations of Harvard and to perpetuate the traditions of her past," the name "Harvard Memorial Society" was decided upon as best expressing the nature and purposes of the organization...
...English system of connecting the executive and the legislative branches of government preferable to the American system of keeping them distinct...
...Europe there are two distinct systems of zoological stations, one in which the stations are connected with the different universities, the other of a more cosmopolitan character, offering opportunity for research to students of every kind coming from every portion of the world. Thirty years ago there was not a place on the sea coast where marine zoology could be studied, excepting in a private way. At present the most important stations are situated on the North Sea and on the Mediterranean...
...this piece Madame Janauschek's dressing of the two characters was not more absolutely distinct and individual than her dramatic representation of the lady and the lady's maid...
...internal and external side of Dante's nature were very distinct at the time of his life that we are studying. While his inmost being was absorbed in love for Beatrice, he was actively engaged in politics in Florence. Later, in the year before the death of Beatrice, though be knew well that her death was approaching, he was serving his city as a soldier in a distant part of the country. After the death of Beatrice he married and had children. He now threw the whole force of his character into public affairs. To Dante, peace seemed the best...