Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...There's something else in what it intimates. I confess I am not yet able to be reconciled to the separation of great wisdom from great character. The former, if present without the latter, can lay no claim to merit. If men forget that we have had four centuries of printing, and so seek to make encyclopaedias of themselves, they must pay the penalty of their forgetfulness, for the days of the admiration of walking dictionaries are past. It is this absence of character which these verses intimate, and an absence of the respect which character would have inspired...
Stuff! young man. Are men respected at college because they work and try to do their duty? and do you suppose the world at large appreciates merit any more than we do here? My young friend, your education has been seriously neglected. Do not let the insane idea that justice exists this side of the grave possess...
...daily futile attempts at cleaning, which result, on the occupants' part, in open windows for several hours. We would not bring this subject up, for it is trite and an institution of long standing, but several complaints have so bitterly inveighed against recent carelessness that it seemed to merit mention. Under the present administration, if any, a change could be undertaken; and any change would be for the better...
...first time on Wednesday evening, by the Thomas orchestra; and was heard, seemingly with great pleasure, by a large and appreciative audience. That the Symphony should bear the test of being played in the same concert with the second of Beethoven, is sufficient evidence of its intrinsic merit; the first and third movements being particularly beautiful. The adagio was received with unmistakable enthusiasm; and at the end the audience insisted on calling Mr. Paine before the house. Although written in strict conformity with the dogmas of the classical school, traces of Wagner's all-pervading influence were noticeable...
...evidently not in the editorial department; for we read, among other book reviews, that "a book of poems which have appeared in the Harvard Advocate is soon to make its appearance. From what we have seen of Harvard poetry we judge that it will be a work of considerable merit, and hope that the edition of the Advocate intend to have some of their exchanges with copies...