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Word: harming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Madame is never the wiser, so where is the harm, Nellie dear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BOARDING-SCHOOL LETTER. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...they lose no friends, if they are only prudent, whatever they may do. In such cases a pledge would fail, for all to a man would refuse to sign it. Nor do they need such a thing. They drink too much just as they eat too much; no particular harm results in either case except to the individual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEMPERANCE AT HARVARD. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...Ghost harm, 'pon my honor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TALE OF FARGEAU. | 4/18/1873 | See Source »

...emulation which the Nation considers so dreadful a thing, we cannot see any harm in fair rivalry between different persons for a good object, whether it be in boat-racing, in scholarships, or in anything else. It is the unavoidable concomitant of every struggle where all cannot win, and does more good than harm. It may be said that the fame of winning this scholarship will be a partial inducement to the contesting student. Such will undoubtedly be the case until young saints come to college and human weaknesses are known only to the uneducated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NATION, AND INTERCOLLEGIATE SCHOLARSHIPS. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

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