Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first group consists of general views of the university grounds, and of the new and old buildings, together with a general plan of the whole on a large scale...
...undoubtedly better than the world of old and yet we have the worldly man. In fact, not one of us is entirely free from worldliness. We are surrounded by men who have no better aim than to obtain riches for riches' sake, or power for power's sake, and we cannot but feel their influence. And still it is comforting to know that no man is entirely worldly. Every man has a noble ideal at some time in his life. We all realize, too, that that only is true living, which has for its aim the bettering of humanity...
...old armory of North End, Boston, is to be remodelled and fitted up as a free gymnasium for the young men of that neighborhood...
Both Steele and Addison were born in 1672. Steele, an Irishman and the senior by six months. When old enough Steele went to Oxford, and there first met Addison, with whom he formed a friendship which lasted almost throughout their lives. After leaving college, Steele went into the army, against the earnest entreaties of his friends, and there acquired a knowledge of the lives and characters of men which served him well in his later work. He married a widow named Stretch, who soon died, giving him thus the opportunity of marrying again, in 1707. The letters which he wrote...
Prof. Edward L. Curtis, of Yale, has an article "The Present State of Old Testament Criticism" in the March Century...