Word: mislead
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...orders. His most useful instruments of research are hypothesis and experiment. The demands made by the scientific method wherever employed are very numerous, but of these only, four need now be considered: (1) Singleness of purpose, the only object being the attainment of truth. All preconceived notions liable to mislead must be laid aside. (2) Directness of aim. One must not be diverted by other interests. (3) Thoroughness. Every point, however trivial, must be examined carefully, and always with a due sense of proportion. (4) Fearlessness. Compliance with these demands, which are made by the scientific method...
...most enjoyable, as most slow hunts are. It was a pity that the scent was scattered, but the fault is not wholly to be laid to the hares, for several times the paper was gathered up by interested "muckers" and scattered ahead by them in order to mislead the hounds...
...very strong crew opposing them; the fact is too patent. But we would merely remind them that a gentleman visiting New Haven recently saw the crew row, and declares it to be very fast and very powerful. So much for these rumors which we do not seriously suppose could mislead anybody, yet to which we wish to call the attention of our men, that they may increase their efforts to win Harvard another victory...
...bulletin board than the actual one; and that the bursar, when making out his term bills, charged the correct price, five dollars per week, which ought to have been posted. As this rumor, if true, would tend to give the impression that an attempt had been made to mislead the members of the association, we give the following facts obtained on the authority of the auditor, the steward and from other reliable sources: At the beginning of the college year a surplus fund of $1800 remained in the hands of the association. Shortly afterward several repairs were made...