Word: lowness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...expect in a year to learn to write French as well as the Parisians, nor are they told in the elective pamphlet that the examination is to be partly or wholly in French. But when we ask for our marks, what is the answer? "You have a very low per cent, and I feel that you ought to have more, because I know from your recitations that you have done good work; but as you did not write the whole paper in French I was obliged to mark you low." What can be more unfair, since the length...
...marks certainly have reached their lowest ebb; if they do not rise pretty soon, I shall be completely stranded. They have all been pretty low, but I call my last one low-water mark because I can't conceive of anything lower down than that mark...
...Editors of the Crimson from the Class of Eighty-one are as follows: Mr. George Albert Burdett, Mr. Prescott Evarts, Mr. Curtis Guild, Mr. Thomas Parker Ivy, Mr. Abbot Low Mills; Mr. William Roscoe Thayer, Business Editor...
...animated discussion were being carried on. The word "Philosophy" was painted in large letters above the door, and a conspicuous sign on one side read as follows: "Conclusive proof given that two and two do not make four! Price only five cents! Many other popular fallacies refuted at equally low rates!" I noticed one peculiarity about this booth. It was higher than the rest, and had an upper story in the gallery. This upper story I found was devoted to Ethics, and seemed to attract greater crowds than the lower part of the booth...
...such a cynic or recluse when I entered college; on the contrary, I was full of love and sympathy for my fellow-man. It is only the constant persecution of my brother-students that has brought me so low. Why, I even envy President Eliot's immunity from contact with the students, and think Adam must have had a jolly time until Mrs. Adam (his Eve-il genius) put in an appearance...