Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...casual observer a flat, depressed chest may not possess especial significance, but to the trained observer it is a signal of danger. Of course all deaths from consumption are not due to imperfect chests, but the fact that the majority of patients so afflicted are deficient in this respect goes far toward verifying the assertion that if proper care was used to develop strong, enduring chests, the death rate would be proportionally lessened. Dr. Holmes once said that it was safe to estimate that every other man met in the streets of Boston is either already afflicted with some form...
...State inspector has expressed his opinion that, on the whole, the college buildings at Harvard compare very favorably with others throughout the State. College House alone he mentioned as needing some better provision for escape. The buildings may compare favorably in this respect with others of the State, but that is not saying much in favor of those other buildings...
...half to thirty per cent. On cotton and woollen goods a duty of twenty-five per cent. was laid, designedly a protective duty, but intended to be only temporary. This tariff was the most scientifically arranged of any of the tariffs of the country, being much superior in that respect to our present tariff. The highest duties were laid on luxuries; carriages, for instance, it is curious to notice, bore a duty of thirty per cent., showing how these vehicles were then regarded by the people. The tariff of 1816 had little popular sentiment behind it, but after this time...
...inference that the college authorities attach very little value to the honor of a student who is accused of a misdemeanor, and that they are content to reason from effects to causes and motives without regard to the man's word. No man in college was more trusted and respected than Mr. S., and those who know him know that he would not be guilty of a dishonest act such as the faculty have practically convicted him of. To obey the requirements of the sentence inflicted upon him is tacitly to admit his guilt. He has shown his manhood...
...would seem as if the lesson they teach would never be comprehended by the authorities. Are they relying on a system of chances, waiting until there is but one more chance left for a serious disaster, or will they never be convinced of their duty in this respect until actual loss of life occurs? Such a loss or even a narrow escape from such a loss - an event which is liable at any time to happen - would raise a storm of public indignation and reproaches against the college for failing to provide beforehand against the danger. And the reproaches would...