Word: ought
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...GRADUATES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, - This is your day. I will not, as I ought not, take up any part of this valuable time. You will therefore excuse me, I am sure, if I take my seat after saying, in the briefest way, the formal words, I assure you that I have a very grateful appreciation of this hearty greeting. I know, I know, how little it is deserved. God grant that during the remainder of my term I may be able to do something to deserve...
THREE years ago last autumn a vote of the Faculty excluded Sophomores from competition for the Boylston Elocution Prizes. The gentleman who edited the Catalogue that year, and who ought to have recorded this fact, seems to have cut out the portion of the old Catalogue referring to these prizes, and to have pasted it into his manuscript. At any rate, no mention of the change was made, and as the example was followed in the succeeding Catalogues, we are still informed in the official Publication of the College that members of the three upper classes are allowed to compete...
...seemed embarrassed, but recovered himself and said, "So you've found that, have you? No, it is n't mine, I am keeping it for - Well, Morris, I think I'll tell you about it, and ask your adv ce about what I ought to do with it. Never mind the studs, but sit down...
...been said about the goodies, and about their methods of cleaning rooms, and so little notice has been taken of these complaints, that any further remarks on the subject seem entirely useless. Still, if anything can be said to convince the Corporation of the reality of this grievance, it ought to be published. At least the attempt ought to be made to persuade them to procure better servants for the ensuing year...
...last-mentioned are all easy, so easy that they ought to be read without a dictionary. In reading a foreign language we must try to forget the language, and have the thought come to us directly without the interposition of our own tongue. Until this is done there is no real enjoyment. When you read for pleasure never mind the small points, nor even the words you do not know, if the sense carries you along. Read enough, and all will come as it came to you in English, without labor. But to accomplish this, do not hesitate...