Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...These are used by men who take few and careless notes, and after a few days they get the air of a grocery order book. Above these rank the larger stiff covered note-books of all shapes and sizes, men using these are worthy of some respect, for, however poor their notes may be, they intended to do well at the beginning. Note-books in grades above these belong to the "aristocracy" and comprise everything from the ones marked "journal" on the back up to those bound to private order. The finest notes will be found in the aristocratic class...
...opinions as to the remedy of those evils. The club to which the young American belonged, was a veritable centre of political news; and many of the members were active writers for the press, and also corresponded with leading politicians. Writing and teaching was a great resource to the poor students, obliged to earn their own living. They were not mere theorists, but showed a practical earnestness by giving public lectures to workingmen on great economical and political questions. Some gave lectures once a week before the workingmen's societies, while others had classes of working-men in the same...
...livelihood which are more ordinarily denominated "professions," are, say what we may about "room at the top," over-crowded. We cannot all be Websters; nor is there a chance that every doctor will rival the fame of a Marian Simms. Many a good mechanic is spoiled in a poor minister. These facts ought to be taken into consideration when a choice so momentous as that of a profession is to be made. The lecture this evening will aid this consideration. We trust that an enthusiastic audience will greet the lecturer...
...team remain to form a splendid body to which the new material can be added. The new men, too, give promise of making a valuable addition to the strength of the team. But what argues best for the record of the coming season is the enthusiasm of the captain. Poor captaining has cost us many a game in the past, but of late a better era of things seems to have come in. New methods have taken the place of those found inadequate. New men have come forward to put them into practice. This year will witness the unfurling...
...bowling alleys. As to the financial success of the scheme he is equally skeptical, his experience seeming to have been that the cooks got the greater part of his perquisites or wages, emphasizing their demands, when he was disposed to be less generous than they wished, by furnishing such poor food at the table presided over by him that the guests rose in rebellion. He was forbidden to talk to any of the guests and ordered to keep in the back part of the house. It is to be presumed that next season he will seek some more congenial field...