Word: purely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this innovation. Some even go so far as to take exceptions to the implication that the catalogue of men who have received degrees from Harvard is printed in Latin, and assert that the language used is a sort of mongrel composed of English and Latin. If we cannot have pure Latin we can at least have pure English. In English there would also be a uniformity which is at present sadly lacking in the language used in the catalogue. A correspondent of the Transcript thus sums up the inconsistency of the translator : "It is positively unpardonable that Ensign Man should...
...just that we should have modern names for modern things, and especially for modern persons. Latin undoubtedly has its place in every college education, and we should regret to see anything infringe upon synch a language, but we do not think a list of names, some of which are pure Anglo-Saxon, affords a favorable opportunity for observing the beauties of the Latin language...
...demeanor, under favorable or adverse circumstances, he has gained the name from some critics of being apathetic. This is not so. The menwere fighting for the Union and not for any glory or financial gain, and they gave their lives simply and quietly, to keep the Union whole. A pure patriotism inspired them, and with grave faces they looked on every battle gained which made the Union firmer, but filled them with grief at the loss of comrades, who, in many instances, had been their boyish playmates. Two traits were remarkable in our volunteers, steadfastness and tenacity. No surprise...
...evils. In Europe, where formerly nobody got drunk because everybody drank, the cry is arising in almost every country, both on account of drunkenness, and on account of the adulteration of liquors France herself has become frightened and from an analysis of 1700 samples of what was sold as pure liquor, only 60 were found unadulterated...
...need to tell its advantages over other sports. To enjoy it, it is not necessary for one to go through a course of training, nor to strain himself to excel everyone else. It is free from all suspicion of "professionalism." The canoeist engages in his sport for the pure fun of the thing, and can get along without the glory and black eyes and broken shins on base-ball and football. Canxing contains all the pleasures of yachting, and in addition many others of which the yachtsman knows nothing. To quote from one of the pioneers of the sport...