Word: evenly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dear fellow," thought I, "if you continue to be as great an ass as you are now, your pictures will probably remain undecorated, unless you should go to France, and compete for the medal of which La Marjolaine got such a number; and even then, you might not succeed. Again, why have any pictures that don't 'amount to much'? Your wall-paper, which is not intolerably ugly, is better than a bad print." This is what I thought. I only said, "Though the Art Club does not generally admit Freshmen to its hilarious meetings, your room is evidence that...
...love-making will seem peculiar, even to readers of Miss Broughton. Take this for example, - start not, nervous reader; they are to be married in a few pages...
...increases the expense of the association by a small fraction only of what he contributes to its support. It has been suggested that more tables be put in the hall, but the Corporation think that the hall is crowded enough already, and would not consent to this plan, even if the Directors were in favor of it. It is evident, however, that something must be done soon if those who have already left are to be brought back, or even if all of those who still remain are to be kept...
...possesses should be the aim of each department in our University, and to none does this apply more directly than to the Library. That its advantages have not been fully developed is self-evident from the fact that it has not yet been thrown open to students in the evening as well as during the day. That this has been accomplished successfully in the Boston Public Library is well known, and should satisfy the Library Council that the experiment might be made here with similar beneficial results. Heretofore, the principal objection to so doing has been based on the great...
...feel a deep regret at what they esteem the grave error of its eminent president in his endeavor to strengthen a sectarian school which is connected with the College by no necessary bond. So far as Harvard College has, or is supposed to have, a sectarian character, or even a sectarian bias, so far is its growth impeded, its proper work hindered, and its national influence diminished...