Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...continuance will bring the country to a silver basis with all its attendant evils; (b) gold will disappear; (c) the credit of the United States will be impaired; (d) the people, both laborers and capitalists, will suffer; (e) international trade will be carried on with great difficulty.- North American Review, June, 1885, Oct., 1886; Jevon's Currency and Finance, pp. 305 and 306; Nation...
...Bird and the Rose" and "Tailor Courage," two very bright songs, were then sung by the Glee Club-they were given with great finish and spirit and were warmly applauded. Next came the Pierian who played the familiar "Lachner March" which we heard from them last year. Resolution and strength were its dominant qualities...
...whole, the concert was a great success, financially and musically. We would suggest, however, that if the leaders of the different clubs would deny their friends a few of the multitudinous encores it would work for the better...
...this must neglect his other courses. It is no child's play to plough through all the notes he must have taken by this time of the year on his various studies. An occasional hour examination is possibly a good thing to beget interest, but that good is hardly great enough, to my mind, to countenance the prevalence of them that now exists. Already this term I have had six; doubtless others have had more...
...stir the lazy, it falls short of its mark. Its occurrence may produce a temporary effect toward industry, but the lasting good that accrues is hard to see. Is it just that the difficult and vexatious work necessary to prepare for an hour examination should be inflicted upon the great number of conscientious students, simply for the good of a few who are either lazy or reckless? It seems that nearly all the instructors are coming to this opinion. Such a system seems to accord ill with the liberal spirit that generally pervades Harvard's action. We believe...