Word: proof
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...passed by the universities of Prussia opposing the admission of graduates from the so called "Realschulen" (schools without instruction in Greek) to the study of law and medicine. But it seems now that the importance of this action has been over estimated, and that it offers but another proof of the tenacity with which the members of ancient corporations cling to existing institutions even in the face of reason. Public opinion in Germany is undoubtedly moving against this academic verdict. A book has just been published which shows that the opposition to such an artificial attempt to restrict the popular...
...premises are borne out by facts, then the conclusion ought certainly to hold good. But one of the premises is false, or at best a mere assumption. Granting the first premise for the sake of argument, yet I claim that the Committee offer almost no proof at all to support the second premise, viz., that the objectionable features of the game can not be removed by any revision of the rules by the Intercollegiate Association. This last statement is almost a pure assumption on the Committee's part. The only arguments they offer in support of their belief is that...
...hotels where he was staying, wanted to change some plates from one box to another. This must be done in the dark, there was no closet in the hotel room and so the bright idea occurred to him of spreading out an extra blanket and a rubber water-proof on the bed, and then crawling beneath the bedclothes to shift his plates. The landlady whose suspicion had been roused by the strange actions and apparatus of the photographer, happened to come into the room during this operation, and seeing two legs sticking out of the bed where the head ought...
...once this fall in favor of the freshmen, they refused to do so again on that very account. This state of affairs was quickly made known to the Yale manager, who wrote that the class had voted not to play on Thanksgiving or after. He also asked for a proof of the faculty regulation, and this was immediately sent, signed by Dr. Sargent and professor Byerly. Here the matter now rests...
...stand on thirty years before, and aiding in its construction at least half as long. In reply the Emperor stood up and read a speech of fourteen lines, rejoicing in the completion of a work which he had always had at heart and trusting that multitudes would make full proof of the institution, and learn there alike science and patriotism. He was greeted with a student song, and a triple shout of "Hoch !" Then several persons prominent in building the pile were presented to him as he walked about, and all was over. His dress was the ordinary Austrian uniform...