Word: honestly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...John," the bishop, also do their best to impress on the same brother that he is sullying the family name and proving himself irretrievably the black-sheep of the family. "The Brat" is the only one in the household that sympathizes, and "Steve" falls truly in love with her honest, cheerful, little, untaught human being. But she has fallen under the idolizing spell of the author-brother and thinks she cares for him. Only when "Steve," hopeless, leaves for the West does "The Brat" know that she cared for him all along. In the last act the affairs of "Steve...
...much faith in our ability to administer the law justly, and surely they do not consider that we shall be so busy organizing and training the millions who will be willing to learn to fight for their country that we, unlike England today, can easily spare those who have honest convictions opposed to military service as well as those who will be willing to perjure themselves to avoid doing their duty...
...honest and clear-headed student of philosophy would be forced to say of Mr. Russell, no matter how much he disliked his philosophy, that no single man is better fitted to "make philosophy a living interest in this America of ours which so greatly needs it." A bowing acquaintance with philosophy "in this America of ours" at the present day would have made it clear to the writer that exactly that is what Mr. Russell's work as much as the work of anybody is actually doing. A STUDENT OF PHILOSOPHY...
...wish you much pleasure this year; but only in so far as pleasure is compatible with our own comfort. Of course no strictly honest Yale man could express himself of any other desire than to have you go back to Cambridge well beaten. On the other hand, we really do want the game to be a good one, both close and thrilling. The fact that odds are approximately even indicates that such will be the case. Although even odds give no feeling of comfort or security to either party, they unquestionably furnish a stimulating excitement to the nervous system...
...cornerstone of the first building, Nassau Hall, was laid, and the building completed in 1757. It was 170 feet long and 54 feet wide, and had, as now, three stories and a cupola. Twice since its erection the interior of the building has been destroyed by fire but the honest workmanship of its first builders has enabled it to survive both catastrophes. The college was removed to Princeton in the autumn of 1756 and opened there with 70 students...