Word: reasoner
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...text and reference books in that language. It has been found hitherto that a man might diligently study German for two years, and at the end of that time be unfitted - so far as German was concerned - to take either of the courses in history. The reason is, that what has been read in the regular courses has been mostly or wholly poetry and easy fiction, the styles and even the vocabularies of which are radically different from those employed by the German historical writers...
...there any reason why the crews should consume a long time in taking their positions, as is usually done? It tries the patience of spectators, and endangers the safety of rudders by continual backing...
...future it will be well for undergraduates to uncover themselves when about to address the watchman. We have reason to believe that neglect to do this, twice repeated, will be construed into "systematic insult of a college officer...
...VASSAR Senior gives as her reason for smoking a cigar that it makes it smell as if there were a man around...
...brilliant as the preceding, but there is less to censure, less, too, perhaps, to wonder at. Some of its exchanges it treats very cavalierly, but for the most part its criticism is fair. The "Department of the Alumnae" we hesitate either to praise or blame. What reason, however, can there be that the author of the plea for an election system should give the following advice? "Elect stern simplicity in dress..... Elect muscle for physical dependence. Dare to mount a wall unassisted; and, further-more, choose a five-mile walk, with a study of nature's coloring...