Word: easier
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...forces upon one's notice the little shortcomings under which he is laboring, enables him to see where he is ignorant when he should be wise, and in various ways removes stumbling-blocks over which he would otherwise fall at the Semiannuals and the Annuals. These short examinations make easier the work of both instructors and students and as they are for the advantage of both, it seems to us that they should be arranged with some reference to the convenience of both. In some cases the convenience of students has been consulted when the time was fixed for these...
...furniture and general aspect of our College rooms? Is there so much similarity in men's tastes that they converge by some natural law towards red curtains, cheap prints (obtained we all know how), photographs of Soldene, Aimee, etc., etc.; or, is it merely because it is easier to fit up a room after the stereotyped pattern of one's neighbor's, than to exercise individual taste...
Some unsociable beings advocate rooming alone on the ground that it is easier to find company when you want it, than to escape it when it is thrust upon you. This may do very well for those who wish companions in their convivial moments only, but, for my part, I prefer to see my friends tested by the thousand petty annoyances that inevitably occur, and to find them still standing firm under the fire of my temper when I am in an ill-humor. Besides, the argument about seeking your friends when you want them works both ways. If your...
...expensive cigars, and all that sort of thing. Most people spend so much more than appears at first sight, that if you make what you pay out tell, you will get the credit of being vastly richer than you are. And keep your bills paid up. It is always easier to settle a small account than a large one, and if you pay your bills promptly you will not be so apt to have too much pocket-money, - which tempts a man to spend money in a way which can never be of any imaginable...
Stirring him to easier action...