Word: highests
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...against their plodding contemporaries, for commonplace and awkward expressions, and general lack of brilliancy. Though this criticism is to a large extent just, there is one matter in which our great metropolitan journals need to look to themselves. It is indeed a fault which is exceedingly prevalent in the highest class of our newspapers. I refer to the continual use of certain words and phrases, perhaps rather expressive originally, but which have been fairly worn out by indiscriminate and excessive use on all possible occasions...
...different theological seminaries Harvard men are found taking the highest positions, not merely in point of scholarship, but in everything that makes a man esteemed in such a place...
...much of good, but fail to discover any lofty devotion to the cause; for the money-getting mania of the nineteenth century rules even men of genius, and much rubbish is cast upon the world in the shape of carelessly executed work. Still, we here find much of the highest excellence, and the better understanding of technicalities gives men of moderate ability many facilities for success. But art as an educator and an active power in the elevation and refinement of mankind no longer makes itself felt. Its best productions, instead of enriching the people at large, are sold...
...droughts of recent summers. It is an encouraging fact that Boston - by reputation, at least, the most cultivated of American cities - should be forward in matters such as these, and it is remarked by those conversant with the facts that her artists are showing abilities of the highest order...
...will be rearranged, catalogued, and thrown open in a much more attractive and accessible form than heretofore. A piano has also been moved in, and a special meeting held to test the acoustic capabilities of the room, at which they were found to be of the highest order. Never before have we realized how effective choruses might...