Word: merely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...class in French 1a will read "La Mere de la Marquise...
...turned out of the rooms. Upon looking into the matter it has been found that the doors are closed at ten o'clock by the yard policeman, who states that the hour might be extended to eleven o'clock without any added inconvenience, that is as far as the mere closing is concerned. Unless, then, there are other reasons we do not know of, it would seem that the students might be given the privilege of an extra hour for their work. There are many good reasons why it is not always convenient to work early in the evening...
FRENCH 1A. - About's Mariages de Paris cannot be had in sufficient numbers to supply the course. La Mere de la Marquise, published by Jenkins, New York. will be read this week...
...result of the Harvard Union on Friday came to us too late for anything more than a mere statement of what had happened. We cannot but feel that, on the whole, the vote to disband and reorganize on totally different principles was a wise measure. It comes as a rather hard blow to certain members of the Union, to all in fact who, in the opinion of the judges at the coming competitive debate, are not included in the list of the best twelve speakers. Yet if debating is to be put on a popular footing here in Harvard...
After all, then, the text is not a mere rhetorical paradox, though its maxim is even now regarded as a distant ideal, impracticable at present. Even in the church the largest purse secures the best pew. Not many years ago John Ruskin spoke in bitter words of England's growing indifference to the laws of Christ. Other nations, he said, had rejected a Supreme Ruler, but had done it bravely and honestly. Englishmen acknowledged the existence of a God, but it was a foolish one. The devil's laws were alone practical. The Golden Rule was an ideal impossible...