Word: knews
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...begin the Magenta of this week in no other way than by a reference, at least, to the death of him for whom so many, both here and abroad, are now in mourning. From those who knew him only by his wonderful achievements in the science which to us seems almost to have been his own, to those in humbler ranks who loved him only for himself, - all lament, as a personal sorrow, the death of Professor Agassiz. In other columns will be found a sketch of his life, intended more for future use than as a supply...
...knew the thing was settled...
...eighth with no additional runs for Harvard. Although now quite dark, an attempt was made to play the ninth inning, but it was evident to all that it could not be completed, and if Harvard looked with indifference on the number of runs made, the "Reds" also knew that they could not increase their total of nineteen runs already scored...
...many communications, since the paper was started, criticising the action of societies in various ways, and we have uniformly declined to publish them, for these reasons: in the first place, it has generally been very evident that the writer, not being a member of the society which he criticised, knew very little about that which he discussed; and then, in the second place, we regard college societies as strictly private bodies, responsible for their actions only to the Faculty and to themselves; and if they choose to elect men who can stand on their heads and to leave out those...
...gone to the bad, of course, but with a good many angularities of character worn down by constant attrition, and a number of lines, which were wont to be sharply drawn, now quite obliterated. Very likely a few failures to attain the rank as a scholar, which all who knew you had predicted, bring discouragement, a belief in the unfairness of a marking system as an indication of profit derived, and a fondness for general reading upon a subject instead of constant adherence to the textbook. This is a wise view, taken by itself, but perhaps dangerous...