Word: fear
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...already appeared, they seem to cover the ground of discussion so well that it is probable we shall publish nothing further in regard to them. The general interest taken by undergraduates in this discussion has made us so sceptical as to the real existence of that indifference, that we fear any future agitation of the question will partake of the nature of the desecration of a dead issue. Our many exchanges, who could scarcely be expected to take a very lively interest in so merely local a question, we would anticipate in the criticism of here affording further evidence...
...your not coming past fear...
...could only conquer this school-boy fear of talking to a room full of people, I think that we should soon see the results in the increased efficiency of our officers. They would no longer feel that they are left almost entirely to their own judgment, and that all sins of omission or commission will be covered by the vague excuse that they did their best. Even if they are our friends, it certainly can do them no harm to ask an explanation of their actions, while, if they are not well known to the majority, a vote of want...
...Herald of recent date. Its stand on the currency question is certainly of the soundest, and in general its editorial department will compare favorably with any Boston paper. But I need enter into no elaborate defence of the Herald; the size of its circulation is eloquent enough, and I fear I have already trespassed upon the courtesy of your paper...
...quite neat, is exceedingly flattering to Mrs. M., and although I have known of Mrs. Morrissey only as the wife of a former notorious rough, still I suppose if Mr. Buckham chooses to call her a "high-bred dame" it is perfectly correct. The gentleman, however, need have no fear that the high-bred dames, Mrs. Morrissey included, would ever so far forget themselves as to be induced, by the entrance of his crew, to do such an utterly rash and absurd thing as to bet on them...