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Word: ought (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...although he has not received As in half of his college work-that is, by receiving the equivalent of fifteen full As and Bs. And this is only an instance. The same general fairness runs though the entire plan. The arrangement is on all accounts an estimable one, and ought to receive the praise of every serious student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/18/1889 | See Source »

Question, Resolved, That the English system for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections ought to be adopted in the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calendar. | 10/17/1889 | See Source »

...number of men who are trying for the freshman eleven is not so large as it ought to be. The class is not displaying the energetic spirit which we are accustomed to see in freshman classes here at Harvard. There is an abundance of good foot ball material in the class, and there is no reason why Ninety-three should not be represented by a successful eleven. Of late years it has become an established precedent for the freshman eleven to win the Yale game, and Ninety-three is expected to continue this precedent. The best wishes of the entire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/17/1889 | See Source »

Question, Resolved, That the English system for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections ought to be adopted in the United State...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 10/12/1889 | See Source »

...attained cannot fail to be a great addition to classical learning. It is a just matter of pride to us as Harvard men, also, that the project now started is largely in the hands of Harvard graduates. The work, therefore, for us must have a double interest, and we ought now as students and later as graduates, to further its success by our personal endeavors as much as in us lies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/12/1889 | See Source »

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