Word: proved
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...plot, to find out how the hero fell into this scrape, and how he was helped out of that, and by what device the heroine is enabled to survive the agony she suffers or the crime she commits, - to all such persons the book will prove a tedious one; but those who enjoy philosophizing of the pleasantest and lightest sort, illumined at every step by some thought as striking and original as true, will find all this and much more, in Kenelm Chillingly...
...fledged demagogues of the hour." It is therefore at once a "dictate of prudence and a precept of patriotism," to guide aspiring youth so that they may adequately grapple with the difficulties before them, and show themselves in all respects to be "exalted models, both able and willing to prove what it truly is to constitute a state." That from some source men well qualified for this purpose will come is the fond belief of Americans and the hope of every Utopian dreamer. "Blessed indeed will be the alma mater who shall be able to cry out, 'These...
...must admit that these advantages, allowing them the greatest weight, prove no more than that it would be a kind and fair thing to help the unstudious to a little knowledge that they perhaps would not otherwise get; and to put the studious in such a position that they may get the best return for their work. But if the syllabus were given out at the beginning of the year, these results could be reached as well, or even better; for it would then serve as an index, or table of contents, to the work to be done, and some...
...once soiling its reputation for impartiality, follows them also in its language. It accuses our men of "showing the white feather," because after a student from Harvard had seen the Yale Freshmen row, then the letter of refusal was first received at Yale. "Post hoc ergo propter hoc" can prove almost anything if it is admitted. After accounting for our refusal in this derogatory manner, it appeals to the traditional fairness that pertains to Harvard from her honorable past, and urges the Freshmen not to give occasion for aspersions on her fame. Such appeals are stale, and the Republican ought...
...instead of their usually abundant foliage, they will present nothing but withered leaves and barren branches. A lack of shade, should that day be a sultry one, together with worms swinging from every branch, liable at any moment to find a temporary lodgement on the passer-by, will prove a serious barrier to the usual promenading indulged in then...