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...equality of rights and privileges. The state of my health and the increasing weight of years may prevent me from taking an active part in the matter, but it would be a great satisfaction to give my voice in behalf of a measure which I feel certain would redound to the honor and materially promote the prosperity of the college. Brown University cannot afford to hesitate much longer in a matter like this of simple justice. No one who has felt the pulse of public opinion can doubt that the time has come when a liberal educational policy, irrespective...
...condition of affairs at the hall, revealed by the auditor's report, it must be confessed, is disappointing. The blunder, by which we were beguiled into the happy delusion that the board of last month was only $4.25, certainly does not redound to the steward's credit. Nevertheless, there is nothing in it to cause any serious mistrust of the management of the hall in general. The association is certainly fulfilling the purposes of its establishment, and, to speak relatively, giving general satisfaction as far as relates to quality and price, in spite of this revelation. A natural result...
Think of the fame that will to us redound...
...well as their morning papers, but the amount of gaslight furnished at Memorial is just large enough to encourage one to run the risk of injuring his eyes. To turn the gas on a trifle more would increase the expense only in a slight degree, while such action would redound to the credit of the Director who should propose it, and of the head-waiter who should carry...