Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...death of Dr. Wilson Harvard loses a teacher of international fame. His prominence in university life was necessarily limited by the nature of his work which brought him in contact with relatively few students. But this should not detract from Harvard's regret, for he labored with untiring diligence in his chosen field and his influence on those men with whom he worked was great. He has left behind him a memory of high respect and deep affection...
...assure the Commission that, however earnest I have been, that earnestness comes from no feeling of hostility toward Germany, either on the part of my Government or myself. It springs only from the conviction that our cause is right and just. It has been a matter of regret to me that the Commission's long work in settling thousands of war claims should practically end with a case which arouses such feeling as this...
...recognize that after nearly five years of uninterrupted, fecund activity you have almost the right to ask a change in order to re-enter the ranks of the Black Shirts. It is not without regret, however, that I fulfill your desires...
...others have reached a total sale of some 1,000,000 copies in the U. S. and have been translated into all manner of languages. Known by his books, he was in great demand as a university preacher. But that which made him universally famed was, to his regret...
...regret of these men at selling their gallery of reputations is doubtless great, for it is always hard to find the large heart thwarted by the small purse. But they are not to be censured for the failure, their high purpose is sufficient evidence of good faith in the matter. That they failed to gratify the dictates of their affections is immaterial. It is enough for the University that these men sought to preserve a Harvard heirloom for her sons...