Word: needful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...need to say it was against the rules...
...upon its management and general condition. In the first place, the amount of gas-light shed upon the Boston newspapers at the end of the room is sadly deficient. It is probably the belief of the managers that this class of reading loses its interest long before there is need of artificial light upon it; but the majority of those who visit the reading-room in the earlier part of the day can afford to spend but a few moments before attending to their morning recitations; so that, if what they wish to read happens to be in the possession...
...twenty-five cents to a dollar, we believe, - so it is within the power of any one to possess a Raphael or Rembrandt for a mere trifle. If this venture prove successful, other copies will follow in course of time. The advantages that will arise from this generous project need not be commented upon here...