Word: longer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this country, the Clarks sent to Paris after them soon after receiving the order from the trustees of the Observatory. Considerable time was spent before the first glass, the flint, was successfully cast, and this did not reach Mr. Clark until about three years ago. A very much longer delay accompanied the casting of the crown glass, which was received last October. The original castings were an inch or more greater radius than after grinding, and almost innumerable difficulties had to be overcome in order to get a perfectly clear and homogeneous piece of glass of such size...
...third number of the Monthly, which appeared yesterday, is distinctly better than the preceding numbers. The articles are much longer than usual, but each of them possesses great vital excellence and marks an advance over earlier work...
There is great complaint that the captains of the various crews are not as considerate of each other as might be; the rowing room is often occupied longer than is at all necessary, and other crews kept in waiting...
...finds that the shadow of the cloister-like course of study which he must embrace to survive the annuals is close upon him. In past years, this realization of the coming storm has induced many to seek recuperation in a voluntary recess. But now we will be allowed a longer respite before the trying and struggling days...
...accorded their full scope, electives, without interfering with the most radical ideas of a liberal education, are multiplying, and now lastly but by no means of the least import comes the welcome intelligence that the faculty have decided in favor of semi-annual examinations. We are to be no longer tortured by a fearful looking forward to frequent judgements during the ten weary months of college work - the roots of such learning as we have acquired are to be permitted to sink deeply into the soil without being endangered by such exposure as must come when the over-inquisitive professor...