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Word: failings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...best stories in the number is "The Miracle of St. Anne." Those who know Canada will not fail to recall among their own acquaintance some such figures as the old cure, as Marie, as Pierre, or to remember a Sunday morning's mass in a riverside church, the long, narrow aisle, hemmed in by the tall gates of the pews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FEBRUARY MONTHLY. | 2/27/1900 | See Source »

...part of the work done in the College is done by men who are absolutely independent. It is not money alone which stimulates men in scholarly pursuits, all of which is very commendable and perhaps natural. But it is not so well known that "many deserving and needy students fail to win any scholarships; and that there is yet no danger whatever of a superabundance of scholarships in Harvard College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT'S REPORT. | 2/15/1900 | See Source »

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