Word: documented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which journalism so rarely applies biblical verses. But we regret that Wellesley has already imbibed the spirit of Dr. Moffatt's new version of the Bible. Dr. Moffatt felt justified in changing 'ark' to 'barge' and 'lice' to 'mosquitoes' so that the Bible again might become a living document. Is it by the same logic, then, that the Wellesley newspaper uses the word 'asses' when the text properly construes 'she asses...
...know there is an old document down in the archives of a Kentucky county relating an instance of narrow-mindedness in those days. A group of people asked the permission of the authorities to use a school building for a meeting to discuss that new invention the steam locomotive. Permission was refused because the school board said, If the Lord had meant us to travel more than 15 miles an hour he would have said so in the Bible...
...speech began to come to Senators, many from the South. They were obliged in most cases to say that copies could not be had, which was true. But such answers were not likely to appease their constituents who may have suspected that the Senators wished to suppress the document. The National Republican, organ of the Republican Party, printed the speech almost in full. It was reported that the Republicans were planning to print and distribute a million copies of the document. The result is likely to be a much greater hearing for Mr. Dial's withdrawn remarks than ever...
...reception of this document is bound to be even more amusing. Sunday schools will chant it in uneven chorus; Mencken will burn it with a violent hatesong; abread it will be read, if at all, with infinite self-complacence over the naivete of those Americans, Meanwhile, its authors are likely to wax prosperous in the Chatauquan manner...
...long sea voyage the captain's log becomes a peculiarly fascinating document. The passengers themselves have lived through the days and nights so carefully recorded, but almost without comprehending the ship's progress; and a terse statement in black and white makes each hour's accomplishment more real. It is with just such a reaction that members of the University read President Lowell's annual report...