Word: pretending
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this; but, if not, to devote himself to economic history, and try to explain present facts by analogy with past facts. He cited Charles Booth's book as an example of study on the conditions of manhood, with practical suggestions for the relief of distress, which did not pretend to go into theory which should settle all possible problems. Certainly this slow yet practical method has more promise in it, than the theorizing which attempts to settle all things at one sweep...
...with prose of decidedly poetic diction. The poetry is very musical in its rythm, and contains many good lines, while the prose is almost as musical as the poetry. The whole thing is manifestly influenced by Tennyson if not actually in imitation of him, but as it does not pretend not to be, this fact can hardly be said to lessen its value...
...number of complaints nave reached us relative to the condition of the tennis courts. The dust on them has been fearful, and many of the courts could not even pretend to be smooth. The condition of the league courts has been a little better than that of the others, but even these are far from what they ought to be. There may have been some excuse for the dryness of the courts in the long absence of rain; but after yesterday's shower there should be no reason for not keeping the courts in perfect condition. The association has this...
...course the conferences do not pretend to provide a comprehensive course in all the current topics of discussion, but they do take, to a large extent, the place of the course proposed in the Advocate. The aim of the conferences is to bring the students into contact with men qualified by their experience to speak on the questions, political and moral, which are agitating the world today. The conferences do not limit themselves to college instruction, in fact they look for speakers mostly in the outside world. In this way they afford a capital opportunity for the college to keep...
...Dime Museum," by Hallowell Abbott, is remarkably sympathetic, and, as it does not pretend to be anything more than a sketch, this quality, together with its simplicity of style, makes it very readable...