Word: plain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When we have finished this life then we shall see Him face to face and know Him as He is. All our difficulties will be made clear and everything we cannot understand will be plain. The riddle of what our life is and towards what end we are working will be solved. The greatest and best thing we can do is to receive the light of God and reflect it again. The greatest mistake a man can make is to cover up this mirror and sit in darkness...
When the matter was first broached of having Mr. Irving come to the University and give an address to the students, those who had the arrangements in charge took pains to inquire at the office if Sanders Theatre could be had at the time. It was made plain that there was a possibility that Mr. Irving could not lecture except in the forenoon. In reply to this no discouraging answer was given. In fact, there was no intimation that any objections whatever would be raised. Not long after, a letter was sent to Mr. Irving begging...
...regret that any obstacle has arisen in regard to the address to the students by Mr. Henry Irving. At the same time, we think that the positions of both the college authorities and the New Harvard Union officials are very plain. If Mr. Irving gave an address in Sanders Theatre at a time when regular recitations were being held, there would be a conflict upon which the authorities must look with disfavor, especially as such an occurrence might be cited as a precedent in future requests. On the other hand, if the New Harvard Union officials secured permission to hold...
...works of the earlier writers Mr. Copeland recommended especially the reading of Wycherly's "Plain Dealer;" Congreve's "Love and Love" and "The Way of the World" and Vanburg's "The Relapse;" and in connection with the subject Goldsmith's "Retaliation" and Genest's "History of the Stage." The talk closed with some interesting anecdotes of Warren, Gilbert, Florence, Mrs. Vincent and other actors of old comedy...
GENTLEMEN: I have not hitherto asked you to accept a subscription from me to the Bolles Memorial Fund because it seemed plain that the lead should be taken by undergraduates and graduates of recent years...