Word: evil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remains wholly uncultivated. It is not right that men of such tastes should not have a chance to develop themselves. The college papers offer now the only opportunities to such men, but it is evident that these cannot satisfy the need. It is with a view to remedy this evil that the suggestion is made about a literary society for sophomores. Such an organization should have in it a social element, yet it should not be so strong as to exclude men of literary ability for the sake of personal friends. A society of this kind could not fail...
...political change will not cure a social evil. Home rule would only aggravate the troubles, whereas what is needed is an entire change of the land system throughout all Great Britain...
...Home rule would have an evil effect upon Ireland...
...Home rule would have an evil effect upon Great Britain.- National Rev., v., 238, vii., 272, 281; Spectator, lviii., 1092; Fortnightly Rev., xlv., 861; Living Age, clxvi...
Moreover, we believe that statement to be absolutely false. There is a remedy for the great evil which has taken such possession here, and which has brought our athletics to the deplorable state in which they exist at present. That remedy lies in the students themselves. It can come from no other source. It may be awakened from contact with the world outside, or from some reading which will result in giving insight; but the solution none the less lies with the students. To make a fool of one's self is, no doubt, a great sin; but that...