Word: exacting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hand in the fire it will be burnt, so if we do anything that is wrong the effect on our character will certainly be for the bad. Every act good or bad brings an equivalent compensation. But if we try to make this law of exact return the guiding rule of life we are sure to make a failure. Suppose a family tried the method of keeping an exact account of what each member did for every other-that no one should do any favor or kindness without insisting on a full return. Under such a system life would...
...following table shows the total registration in the University up to date, October 17, 1893. This, of course, cannot be taken as the exact registration for the year 1893-94, as the figures will probably change considerably before the publication of the official statistics in the catalogue...
...exhibit in Chicago was one of the most valuable objects to be seen. His old chart compared developments in a lump, while with the new charts there is one for each age at which development takes place, so that every fellow can compare himself with others of his own exact age, and with the normal of that age. The normal American student of the more advanced age is represented by the statues exhibited at Chicago...
...cases under discussion, we had every reason to believe the writers were properly informed. In fact each one was questioned particularly in regard to the surety of his ground, and in the case of Dr. Rainsford's treatment we requested the gentleman who complained of it to get the exact details. He left the "Sanctum" and returned later saying he had learned all that was to be known, and then proceeded to write down the facts. These he wished to have inserted, and we did not feel that we could refuse him and be consistent with the policy...
President Thwing of Adelbert College has very carefully gone through "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography" keeping an exact record of the men who have graduated from college, and those who have...