Word: nay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...memory of that instance in which Johnson, asked by Boswell whether or not he "really thought a knowledge of Greek and Latin an essential requisite to a good (sic) education," answered: "Most certainly, Sir; for those who know them have a very great advantage over those who do not. Nay, Sir, it is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with...
...Vagabond has been shocked lately by an abuse which rises like a viper in our midst and strikes at the very foundations of Harvard life. The commuter problem now appears trivial compared to this new and horrid situation that the Vagabond has unearthed right under our very noses, nay, in a place that one is wont to associate with all that is highest and finest in the University. We refer, gentlemen, (Stand back, sirl) to Widener Library...
...glow on, my Harvard brethren, and go ye in bands of six or more to the Copley Theatre. There ye are allowed, nay, even urged, to exert your exuberance in any manner short of breaking chairs. Fit buit for your witty sallies is that touching dra-a-ama, resurrected in all its pristine glory from P.T. Barnum's American Museum, vintage 18 34,--I speak of "The Drunkard, or the Fallen Saved". Ye may hiss the deep-dyed villian, Lawyer Cribbs; ye may shout "Look out," or "Youse is a viper," as he prepares to enmesh in his toils that...
From the standpoint of morals there can be no defense of the weakening effect of such "art" on the student body. What will happen if students are allowed, nay, even encouraged to get their appreciation of works of art by first-hand contact with them outside of a museum, instead of by the only sound methods which are books, lantern slides, and hard work. They may be persuaded that mere enjoyment of art is the end desired. They will surely forget that criticism and the knowledge that will fit them for the curatorship of a museum are the worthwhile parts...
...Year Plan when he addressed 1,000,000 German workers massed at Tempelhofer Field on Labor Day, May 1, 1933. On the historic May Day, the 1,000,000 assembled German workers cheered Leader Hitler to the echo when he roared: "German people, remember yourselves! We want to imbue, nay burn, into the minds of our people: German people, you are not a second class people, even if a thousand times the world wants to have it that way, YOU ARE NOT INFERIOR IN VALUE NOR SECONDARY IN IMPORTANCE!" Since then Realmleader Hitler has neither uttered nor published any statistical...