Word: maining
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...leads to the conclusion that they still represent with reasonable consistency, the two great sets of interests, and the two great types of character, which in modern self-governing communities have usually lain at the basis of party system. One, I believe, has stood and still stands in the main for an effective government, the other for a free government. One seeks an equalization of welfare and opportunity; the other bulwarks the historical rights of property. One is responsive to the changeful voice of the popular will; the other follows the intelligent guidance of successful men of affairs...
...main part of the work on the new boat house is now practically completed. One shell has already been taken up to the house to be measured for the racks which are now being put in place, Plumbing and painting are not yet finished, but this will not prevent the use of the house by the crews. The incompletion of the runways is now the principal cause of delay. Rowing from the house will be impossible before the first of November, but it is hoped to secure the use of the house before the end of the season. Work...
...main object of the meeting is to lay before the students the real aims of the reform; and to offer an intelligent way of meeting the great difficulties of our governmental system. The success of any effort made by the club, however, depends largely on undergraduate support, and for this reason it is hoped that a large number of men will be present. Men who are interested in the purposes of the club may join it by paying the annual dues of one dollar to the Secretary for the coming year...
...best part of the paper is Col. T. W. Higginson's article defining imperialism, which he considers the one great issue of the campaign. The main purpose of the article is to give the Harvard man, who is voting for the first time, advice on the main question at stake. The recent actions of England are compared with the intentions of the Republican party, and are used as arguments to prevent Americans from imitating their English cousins. The article is powerful and convincing...
...duty of the fine arts is to perfect the morality or ethical state of men is a proposition, however, that has laid Ruskin open to much criticism. History shows that Ruskin was probably mistaken in this respect. Ruskin's philosophy of art in "Modern Painters," will in the main, however, be found entirely sound though overstatements, and even errors are not wanting. "It has not always been correctly represented. It has in fact not seldom been inexcusably represented. This work is in the main sound and illuminating. It is on the highest plane of thought and feeling; and no criticism...