Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...manner of portentous guises. The gentleman to whom I refer was an undergraduate, and at that period a sophomore. He was commonly spoken of as "Bill Blaikie," and his claim to my reverence lay in the fact that he was the typical strong man of the college. I doubt whether I should have had the perseverance to wriggle my way through the examinations for admission had I not been constantly stimulated by the reflection that Bill Blaikie was (to my mind) the central fact of the university...
...beneficial effects of Protection upon the laborer are disputed, but, thanks to two Massachusetts statisticians, there can no longer be doubt upon the question. It was admitted that wages were higher here, but it was claimed that cost of living was proportionately high. Col. Wright's figures show the falsity of this. Wages in Massachusetts are 62 per cent. higher than in England, while the cost of living is only per cent. higher. United States census reports confirm this. Mr. Edward Atkinson's statistics give further proof of the benefits of Protection. He shows that while the profits...
...land was cleared for use. The track is just a quarter of a mile long, and was laid out under the care of Mr. Rogers. Plans have been adopted for further improvement. The expense thus far has been $53,184.25 This puts the association somewhat in debt, but no doubt the money will soon be raised...
...girls of Vassar College have presented Governor Cleveland with an immense sponge cake, said to be cooked by their own fair hands. The young ladies of this high seat of learning are, no doubt, partisans of Mr. Hendricks' who seems to be a favorite with the gentler sex, and they would like to see that staunch Democrat in the Presidential chair. It was a guileless, girlish plot. The President-elect, being too busy to eat that cake will live...
...crew, and the Athletic and Advisory Committees. As to the first we have no fear; as to the second-well, as we do not wish to risk our reputation as a prophet we had better be silent. In lacrosse, tennis and track athletics there can be but little doubt every effort will be made to better our records, and there seems to be great probability that these efforts will be successful. In short, although we can get but little comfort from the past, the future still seems to smile kindly upon us. How honest this kindness really...