Word: hurte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Flockhart. Frequently they had to carry him to the stationhouse. A diminutive man, he could not keep pace with them. In the station-house he would invariably transfix the officers with his strange eyes, and recite Scriptures to them. Often they threw him out of their presence; and that hurt those Scotsmen dreadfully. Manhandling the wight was like tearing a page from the Bible...
...first lesson may be to give up things he has hold of which may hurt him. Safety pins are convenient for the first lessons. Every time the mother changes the baby's diapers, she can take time to place one of the pins in the child's hand for a moment. Then she can say to him, 'Give it to me,' at the same time taking it away again. Then she should praise him in a gay and lively manner and romp with him a little, so that he will have a pleasant association with...
...those officers trying to protect the goal-posts after the Princeton football game, and I know how those boys act," he said, "I like all the Harvard and Princeton boys, but they are altogether too rough. True, none of us were hurt during the fracas, but at the same time, some of our old bones were given a few hard bumpe...
Expressing the same sentiments as those in his more recent article, Mr. Eaton said: "Nothing in recent years has hurt me more than to see official Harvard repudiate the amateur theatrical leadership it had so bravely assumed, and nothing would buck up my pride more than to see the Harvard Dramatic Club so supported by undergraduate enthusiasm that it could carry on the good work whatever the attitude of the authorities. The theatre of tomorrow belongs to the youth of today. The Harvard Dramatic Club is youth, I hope confident, I hope daring, I hope full of the will...
...Censorship? I am absolutely against all forms of censorship. I don't believe plays or books can hurt an adult though I do think a play like "The Captive" might prove injurious to a young girl. I would not take a daughter of mine to it but if another man wants to take his, it is no affair of mine. Some plays are undeniably bad from all points of view, but if people are silly enough to go to see them, let them...