Word: mereness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have done much to discredit the administration of justice in the United States. Counsel do not seem to the American public to be officers of a court seeking for truth and justice, but players of an unethical, intellectual game. The judge seems to regard himself--often perforce as a mere umpire between contending parties, and not as an agent of the commonwealth to settle controversies on their merits. The American public has lost some of its old faith in the judge as a protecting agent for carrying out the substantial requirements of law and justice. Some considerable portion...
...narrow aims. Man can gain comprehension only by submitting absolutely to the doctrine of universal love and by subordinating himself to his proper place in the universe. To the philosopher, immortality is so real that he regards life and death not as matters of importance but as mere changes of state. In Mr. Tagore's own words, "To unite with all things is the essence of goodness and the keynote of our philosophy...
...Fuller took as his subject "Alastor" and in his discussion of the subject brought out the question whether Alastor was a mere personification of divine justice or an individual spirit...
...Phillips played brilliantly in the second half, but never seemed to get going together. Several times one or the other of them took the puck down the rink, but being alone was easily stopped by the opposing defence. At least two good opportunities to score were lost from the mere fact that after the shot was blocked there was no one on hand to knock in the rebound...
...Cercle Francais production of "La Double Helle-Mere," in Copley Hall, Boston...