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Word: mere (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opposed to religion. It is true that we do not have revivals; nor do we turn our Mott Haven team into a Salvation guard. But where is the sensible, rational person who will claim that external observances prove inward convictions? What right has any one to prefer upon mere hear-say the gravest accusations that intimate knowledge can justify? We have probably, in full abundance, all the vices of other young men, but what justice is there in stopping there in denying us per se the virtues of other college students? We have been as carefully trained in our homes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Religion. | 1/20/1886 | See Source »

...opinion seems to exist at Yale that "the revival of foot-ball at Harvard ought not to be regarded as diminishing our (Yale's) chances of success, but rather as an opportunity of scoring another victory." This opinion may be regarded as "merely an expression of individual opinion," and is therefore of the greatest value as such! We learn, however, from the same competent authority that "some of the strongest men on the last foot-ball team will be left to retrieve Yale's former prestige." Harvard's reputation, alas, is rapidly becoming a mere shadow and an exhalation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/19/1886 | See Source »

...next spring, yet the neglect of one man who considers himself suitable for any or the contests, lessons the certainty of such a record. Extreme diffidence in such matters is to be deplored. Many men are dissuaded from presenting themselves thinking that a place on the team is a mere matter of favoritism. Nothing can be further from the truth for, under the supervision of the H. A. A. and Mr. Lathrop, success in track athletics and a position on the team is a matter of personal worth and perseverance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/16/1886 | See Source »

French Readings. Edmond About La Mere de la Marquise. Mr. Sandorson. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calendar. | 1/12/1886 | See Source »

...taken, it seems, in response to a popular feeling among the students and professors, that the game as played under the revised rules, is one that can be indulged in with profit and pleasure. We are glad that the games played this fall have shown that it is something mere than an exhibition of brute strength and inordinate roughness. We are further pleased that the fact has been recognized that Yale does not depend on weight for the make-up of her teams. We are not certain that the papers would not have spoken differently if Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 1/12/1886 | See Source »

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