Word: even
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...remark that the study of mathematics offers little to those who are not particularly qualified for it (except a discipline of the mind, which the analysis of the Latin Subjunctive supplies), while the study of Belles-Lettres gives a man that culture and intellectual scope which this age demands, even if it does not make him a poet or historian...
...players were handicapped as follows: Messrs. Mason, Denton, and Roby played even; Messrs. Mason and Roby gave Messrs. Blaine and Marston each 50 points in 200, Mr. Denton giving them respectively 40 and 25 points in 200. Messrs. Blaine and Marston played even. The tournament is not yet concluded, as one game still remains to be played. Mr. Roby is, however, sure of the first prize, Mr. Mason of the second, and Mr. Denton of the third...
...their more or less depraved tastes, and who have unpardonably neglected the intellect, - the only means we have of attaining truth. These people, glorying in their self-made ignorance, blindly refuse to recognize the great principles upon which our constitution is founded. Their appearance, their manners, their actions, and even their conversation, combine to assert with insolent effrontery that they consider themselves superior to some of their fellow-men. The character of these people is so despicable, and their opinion is known to be so worthless, that I habitually pass them by without notice, and think no more of their...
This very week, an instance has occurred of contemptible vandalism in the Library, which will postpone any concessions that might have been hoped for: a rare history was taken from the shelf, pages were cut from it, and the book was left on a table. It is even worse to ruin a book than to steal it, for the book is nearly useless, and the leaves quite worthless; but a man might return a book taken, as many books have been that have disappeared mysteriously in times past. We wish we had the name of the man who was guilty...
...Swiss school, and afterwards to St. Paul's School, at Concord, New Hampshire. He had devoted himself to the profession of law, and perhaps his strongest ambition was to do well in this profession, in which some of his family had been distinguished. But it may be doubted whether, even if he had not died so young, he would have had health vigorous enough to allow of his accomplishing this or any other wish that he might have had at heart. Those who knew him best also think that, under a reserve hard to penetrate, there was a sensibility that...