Word: merest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...primarily for graduates." We wonder what has become of those excellent courses, English 8a and 8b, in which the romantic poets of the nineteenth century might be studied. It is true, English 28 and English 41 are open to undergraduates, but their field is so extensive that the merest glimpse of nineteenth century literature...
...known New York politicians and showed that such men can be defeated only by the increasing efforts of upright men. The help of all honest men is needed in politics when public life has become so degraded that it is necessary to argue with men on questions of the merest honesty and decency as was the case in New York...
...last number of the Advocate contains little of real literary value. Six of the seven prose contributions, none of which are over two pages in length, are the merest sketches, and, with possibly one or two exceptions, do not show much originality. The only article of any length is a most appropriately titled story, "Love-in-Idleness," by W. W. Justice, Jr. It is interesting and well-written, but it gives the impression of being an outline more than a finished sketch. The incidents are not worked up, nor is there enough action. On the other hand, the writer...