Word: flesh
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were the book free from all the defects which I have mentioned, it would still be open to criticism from its lack of humanity, or more explicitly, the element of human nature in the characters. The adventures and for tunes of the actors are those of no flesh-and-blood creations, and the book lacks the vividness and realness of the truly great novels and romances of the world. And this fault is a great one in the opinion of all who see a novel's greatness in its truth to human nature, and not in a clever plot...
...contented yet, men have been known to think it necessary to bundle up unusually, and work until in a reeking perspiration, purposely to reduce the flesh, and, truly, a more weakening process can hardly be devised...
...year in the Russian colleges was probably anything but a happy one, owing to the university regulation recently promulgated by the government. The prevalence of socialistic doctrines at the universities has always been a thorn in the flesh of the Russian Government, and it is now resolved to eradicate the evil by the most rigorous measures. Hereafter the universities are to be under the immediate supervision of the police. A body of special police is to be installed within the walls of each university; a most rigid scrutiny of the doings of the inmates is to be maintained; and thus...
...transparencies borne in the column were not so numerous as might have been hoped. Some of them were very good. One bore the legend, "The World, the Flesh, and the Devil," inscribed under portraits of Blaine, Cleveland and Butler. Another was dedicated to "Our Prohibition Candidate, C. J. W." Another announced that the average age of the Board of Overseers was "95 in the shade...
...work, notably the required work in mathematics. To say that this radical change has been hailed with enthusiasm by the students most concerned in its operation is but a mild statement. As far back as student memory reaches, the mathematics of freshman year has been a thorn in the flesh to generations of incoming classes. It is almost appalling to attempt the task of estimating the number of mathematics conditions which have, like a cloud before the sun, obscured the prospect of a degree to many of our fellow students. But all this, be it thankfully said, is changed...