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Word: respectable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...name was widely known, and the universal respect in which he was held is shown by the expression of sorrow found in the daily press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Death of Mr. Sibley. | 12/10/1885 | See Source »

...ably filled have entitled him to the gratitude of Harvard, but his noble interest in the work of the poorer students, and the assistance which he stood ever ready to render them, have endeared him to the students of a former generation, and have secured him the respect of the undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/10/1885 | See Source »

...insists upon digging them up in order to obtain how far they have sprouted. Hereafter, the fall work being thoroughly reviewed is to be set aside forever, and we are to be permitted to combine our energies upon the task in hand. The change must prove beneficial in every respect, and we hail it most cordially as a promising sign of progress. - Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/8/1885 | See Source »

...broadening of the elective system, and the endowment of additional professorships in very important studies must also be taken into account. As president he has been ever faithful, as teacher ever kind and sympathetic, and no presiding officer of Yale ever laid down his trust who commanded deeper respect from the young men under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Presidency. | 12/5/1885 | See Source »

...space prevented our furnishing our readers with a reprint of the last Princetonian entire. According to our modest opinion, it is the vilest agglomerate of ridiculous moonshine and silly bragging that even that paper has been capable of, and this statement is made, be it understood, with due respect to its former record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/3/1885 | See Source »

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