Word: ground
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...students what is called a liberal education. The departments of instruction are so varied that one can either dip lightly into many subjects, or make himself proficient in a specialty. The student who intends to read law can lay a foundation in history and logic; the future doctor can ground himself in chemistry and science. But to the business man no such opportunities are offered; the work that he does here cannot be said to fit him for commerce or banking, in more than a general way. It is profitable, as all learning is profitable...
...falls, and prostrate on the ground...
...professioner attended by a black slave objected to this most decidedly, intimating that in his last speech he had taken the same ground...
Therefore I fail to see to whom the writer of the letter refers. If he were thoroughly sure of his ground, he would come out frankly and sign his name to his letter, and not attempt to throw the responsibility of it upon the whole class of '83, many of whose members have criticised it very severely...
Button-mushrooms, from the ground...