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Word: reasonableness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contend a "family tree" proves nothing for a man unless he can garner from it the "sweet fruit of reason" and the nectar of tolerance. May I point out that even an American family tree must have a "sap." For which the K K. K. should be thankful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 2, 1928 | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...forever "sold" on TIME and await its arrival as eagerly as my Christmas presents but the article in the March 12 issue with reference to Mrs. Eddy's love of dress and her daily manicure is out of place. I see no earthly reason for her going about in sackcloth and ashes and as for clean nails I was brought up to expect that in any lady. RALPH M. MEARS Charleston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 2, 1928 | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...detractors swing from one side of the balance to the other. The bewildered American, anxious to find out just what he is, can hope for no aid from such wild-eyed charges. Perhaps the mean difference of the accusations is as near the truth as erring human kind can reason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNCLE SATAN | 3/31/1928 | See Source »

...CRIMSON is very glad in this case to provide such space as possible for intelligent comment, if for no other reason, to acquaint those interested in some measure with the difficulty of expressing opinion on Harvard affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONSTANT READER | 3/29/1928 | See Source »

...said examination. Slightly varying the words of Dr. Johnson, "They have been carried away by the exhuberance of their own verbosity." The letter of "J. Prendergast Elliott" is no more Billingsgate than the last, wherein the previous writers are anathematized as asses. It is regrettable for the reason that the issues raised touch the fundamentals of the Harvard educational policy, and a little more intelligent discussion and less mutual recrimination would throw more light on the subject...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Particular | 3/29/1928 | See Source »

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