Word: meant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...surprise, the venerable professor received his question in silence. It was repeated again. Still no response. "But did you not invite us to ask you questions in regard to your lecture, sir?" inquired the student. "Oh, certainly," replied Professor Peirce, with an air of surprise, "but I meant intelligent questions...
...fear that the study of English proper might suffer. This fear, however, seems to us ungrounded, when we consider how much greater care is generally given to the preparation of theses than of forensics. Another reason for confining this privilege to candidates for honors may be that it is meant as an additional inducement to students to try for honors. We cannot see, however, that anything but good could result from extending this privilege...
...which they expressed themselves as determined to see that the seniors received justice at the hands of the faculty. They instructed their committees to notify the seniors that unless the faculty reinstated them soon on reasonable terms they would withdraw from the institution. The seniors, feeling that this meant utter ruin to the institution, whose interest they have at heart, decided if possible to overlook the wrongs which they have received at the hands of the faculty, and make amends for their act of disobedience by submitting the following apology under protest, all of which seems to redound far more...
...declared that he agreed with Judge Matthews regarding the Harvard College degree. If he was to be honored by that celebrated college, he preferred that the title of D. D. should be conferred upon him instead of LL. D. He thought he could fill the bill whatever the letters meant. Judge Tourgee indorsed Judge Matthews's suggestion that Harvard College should confer the degree of D. D. upon Gov. Butler, instead of the customary LL. D. It was eminently proper that Gov. Butler should wear the significant title of D. D., indicating that he was, as he should...
...your correspondent read carefully the class list sent him in December, he would have seen that no photographs could be ordered after Feb. 15th with a guarantee of delivery on the 10th of June. [Because of the fire the time has been extended.] Nothing more than this was ever meant or ever said...