Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...harbor saluted him with their guns; and the Grand Canal, along which he passed, was draped with the most graceful tapestries. A golden vessel awaited him at the depot; it was carpeted with red velvet, with a golden lion at its prow, and was similar in every respect to the one once used in wedding...
...master minds of all ages in science or letters. When one thinks of the opportunities for culture here possessed, he cannot but wonder at the insignificant results attained by most men. The present Freshman Class have an unequalled opportunity for instituting a new order of things in this respect, since they have not to follow blindly in the path of absurd and frivolous precedent...
...have failed to convince the careless student that it is no longer safe to live aperlo domo. Three years ago the burglaries were indeed few in number, but, like the murders which De Quincey has celebrated, of so artistic a character that they could not fail to command the respect of all true lovers of the aesthetic. Windows furnished the favorite mode of entrance and exit, daylight or darkness suited the interlopers, and, in one instance at least, a hand-to-hand fight settled the ownership of valuable articles of clothing. The next year we dwelt in greater security...
...expressed about it. The established regulations, which were neither unnecessary nor onerous, were not conformed to; many valuable and popular periodicals which had been taken for months ceased to appear; and it really seemed as if the attempt to place Harvard on a level with other colleges in this respect was to become a failure...
Resolved, That, as a mark of respect to the memory of one whom we shall ever hold dear, we wear the badge of mourning for the usual time...