Word: popularity
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...spot where the event occurred has been visited; and there are no person who has better opportunities for this or who would derive more benefit from it than the student. A few hours spent in such a way is certainly more profitable than a continual "dropping in" at some popular resort. Foreigners are wont to remark that America has no places of historic interest, and many men have grown up accepting the apparent truth of this assertion without seeking to disprove it. So long as we continue to agree with this prevalent opinion so long shall we hear these unpleasant...
...Marking down" sets of books from a very high to what is termed a low figure is a popular way of drawing in those who do not see that the man of straw was set up simply for the purpose of knocking him over again...
...editor to be compelled to consign articles like these to the oblivion of the waste-basket, which he does with a sigh of regret that talent should be so misapplied, at the expense of his columns, so hungry for copy. The most favorite subject seems to be "Popular Men"; and these rather indefinite creatures are made the objects of sarcasm and raillery, and the system of society elections and class politics meets with vehement abuse. Writing on such matters is absurd. We know, all of us, that our "systems," like all others, have their faults; we know, too, that...
...some law could be discovered to prevent its snowing, this rule would probably have greater force. Those who are rash enough to engage in the popular game of pitching pennies must now pay for their temerity by receiving publics and the like. As to the latter part of the rule, that is evidently meant for sarcasm, and we pass...
...other colleges. But to the surprise of all, before the Reading-Room had completed a year of its existence, the interest in it seemed to wane, and much dissatisfaction was expressed about it. The established regulations, which were neither unnecessary nor onerous, were not conformed to; many valuable and popular periodicals which had been taken for months ceased to appear; and it really seemed as if the attempt to place Harvard on a level with other colleges in this respect was to become a failure...