Word: lesser
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rivals had remained stationary, we could not have hoped to be successful through an imitative policy, as many favorable conditions which exist in other colleges can be reproduced in only a very limited degree here. The superior attractions of Boston over those of a country town or a lesser city cannot be mitigated, nor can we abandon our stand against the semi-professional athlete, by which Harvard has seriously but wisely handicapped herself...
LITTLE, BROWN AND CO., HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND CO., THE MACMILLAN CO., HARPER AND BROS., CHAS. SCRIBNER'S SONS, THE CENTURY CO.,And a selection of the best books of lesser publishers...
LITTLE, BROWN AND CO., HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND CO., THE MACMILLAN CO., HARPER AND BROS., CHAS. SCRIBNER'S SONS, THE CENTURY CO.,And a selection of the best books of lesser publishers...
...influence of Moliere has been and still is, tremendous, not only upon the lesser authorities of his time, but upon the greatest. Abroad we see it in the dramatic works of Fielding and Sheridan. In our time the reaction against Dumas fils, Sardon and their school is simply a return to Moliere...
...such unselfish, self-sacrificing efforts in the aid of the less fortunate part of society by the Sailor Mission, the Student Volunteer Committee, the Prospect Union, and lesser organizations and by individuals in Harvard, that makes the University an important factor in charitable and philanthropic work and the college man a broad minded citizen, bent not only on his own advancement but on the uplifting of society at large...