Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Faculty, which they appear to regard as mere tickets of admission, for everybody connected with the College and for all the friends of such persons, to every entertainment given by the students; and accordingly they bring to bear upon these tickets the whole of the power of invective for which they are so remarkable. An exact copy of the ticket in question may correct any misapprehension under which your readers have labored, and I accordingly send...
...person for whom the theme is written has, it is to be presumed, either less ability or less power of application than the person whom he employs, therefore he might, should he be thrown on his own resources, get conditioned in the subject, and the result of this would be a decrease of self-respect. Now, this would bring about more moral injury than the other alternative, and, therefore, the conduct of the buyer of themes is morally justifiable...
...curious rule relating to the wearing of long hair by students provides that the "President shall have power to reform it, or, as need shall require to make his address to any three or more of the overseers, who shall take order concerning...
...game, we have an opportunity of repaying, to some extent, the hospitality we have received in our visits to Montreal, and which has often been mentioned in this paper. We cannot provide for our Canadian friends such entertainments as we saw in Montreal, but whatever is in our power will certainly be done...
From present appearances the race will be closely contested, at all events, and it is greatly to be hoped that the crews will do all in their power to prevent the contest from degenerating into a mere scratch-race...