Word: inveighing
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...misinterpreted the remarks made by us in reference to scholarships reserved for the students of divinity as intended to apply to all scholarships. What our opinions are on the general subject of scholarships is entirely foreign to the question discussed in the editorial referred to. Our intention was to inveigh against the custom of giving scholarships which are limited, to a greater or less extent, to the use of students studying for some particular profession. We selected the clerical profession, as this profession is the one generally preferred in the assignment of such scholarships. At Harvard one-sixth...