Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...many, many years to come even the richest American universities will need to apply all the money they receive to the endowment of instruction and research (not separately, but together), the acquisition of grounds, buildings, collections, and instruments, and the enlargement of their means of providing a gratuitous education for promising young men of slender means. When these more pressing objects are accomplished, they may, perhaps, begin to think of offering money-prizes, accessible to rich or poor, for notable attainments at school and at the university, and of providing for the comfortable support of able young men, rich...
Until about 1860 nothing more was heard of the bicycle; but in the mean time men had been expending their genius on "polycycles," machines of four, six, and even eight wheels, all of which required too many cogs, levers, etc. to meet with success. In 1862, however, an American inventor, recognizing the utility and simplicity of a direct crank action, operated by pedal power, on a revolving axle, turned his attention to the development of the principle involved, and the result was the improved "hobby horse" which in 1869 jumped so suddenly into favor both in this country...
...that the independent man blurts out his opinions "in the face of established and recognized principles," and in his second, that we, being an example of that kind of independent man, are blurting out our opinions when we disapprove of H. H.'s foolish talk about drunkenness. Does he mean that he considers foolish talking about drunkenness in accord with " an established and recognized principle" ? If not, what does he mean...
...what sense do you say that time is wasted?" said our host at my left; "do you mean that you don't study, or that study is not a good investment for your time...
...mean both; somehow one can't study much at Cambridge; and, again, I don't believe that half of the courses can do me any good...