Word: granted
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Granting that the "Harvard Arion Quartette," or the "Arion Quartette of Harvard Students," did not travel through New England on the productive capital of the name of Harvard; granting that it was a mistake to call attention to this rival society; and granting that your paper was unjust in censuring them, - concessions which not every one will be ready to grant, - it must still be conceded that there is something questionable in the conduct of men who, having the balance of power in their hands, insist on the resignation of two members - to them personally unpopular - because one was once...
...very much surprised by the illiberal tone of a letter in your last paper, on the subject of lawn-tennis. Not only did the writer disapprove of the game, but he seemed to advocate violent measures for compelling those who like it to devote themselves to rowing instead! Granting that playing lawn-tennis is not violent exercise, and is not a manly sport, which seems to be your correspondent's opinion, only makes it more improbable that it diverts any men from rowing, as those who play it would be weak and effeminate; but we do not grant that...
...might suppose that the writer of the attack tried to show by his own style what a failure the rhetoric instruction had been. We must grant, I fear, that it has been a complete failure in his case...
...afternoons. The test is only one of mental and physical endurance, and a severe one at that. The crowding of Junior metaphysics and logic into the morning and afternoon of the same day seems peculiarly unfortunate for those who wish to anticipate the logic. Since the Faculty refused to grant a petition for a change, signed by many of the Junior Class, they doubtless have their own reasons for this arrangement...
...Venus, grant a victim's tears...