Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been of great service to the life of the imagination; for she has stood as the chief representative of the pure form of that life. So, again and again, periods of imaginative creation in other nations have been prefaced by the study of things Spanish. The reason for this is largely the feeling that Spain and the Spanish character are remarkably rich in color and in romantic interest. Accordingly, we have today to trace the beginnings of the type of culture which has produced this impression on the modern world...
...fear of disgrace sufficient reason to make any one learn the correct use of his mother tongue. To read much and intelligently is to speak well; the result cannot be helped...
...fourth number of the Advocate will appear today. There is not a bad contribution in the paper; there are four mediocre ones and one good one. The mediocre ones are entitled "Judge Relf," "John Blake, Monitor," "The Gentlemen," and "By Reason of a Grimace." "Judge Relf" is disappointing in that that the writer starts out well and then fails to make the best of his materials. The end seems careless and hurried. The story however is good in the beginning, the descriptions are by no means bad and the thing is getting interesting when all at once it weakens...
...Reason of a Grimace" is the latest production of "Eugene Warner," whose name, by the way, does not appear in the catalogue. It is not a production which will excite attention any more than the other writings of the mysterious author have done, but it is a very respectable work...
...seen this improvement and that it gives a very different aspect to our prospects. We cannot foretell victory or defeat; but we can say that a better eleven, in its individual and in its team work, has seldom before represented Harvard at a Yale game; and we can with reason expect a satisfactory result tomorrow...