Word: returning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which seems to imply that this carelessness, presumably by processes of evolution, is passing into something of a far worse nature. For the sake of euphemism, however, and that we may not run the risk of making any great mistakes, we will still continue to call this failure to return books to the library "carelessness," and permit those who may read this to give to the word as broad a meaning as they may see fit from the dictations of their own consciences. Carelessness, when it results in inconvenience to others, is in itself an offence of no slight magnitude...
...will leave the Boston and Maine station at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Two drawing-room cars will be reserved for the exclusive use of the two societies. Two special horsecars going directly to the station will leave Harvard Square at 12.05 sharp. Round trip tickets to Portland and return will be distributed on the train...
Lasell Notes. - The battledore and shuttlecock team is at a training-table. . . . Birdie Smith expects to return to Lasell soon for a short visit at her cousin Sadie's. . . . A handkerchief marked "Alfonso," has been found in Pinky Thompson's room. Ah, there, Pinky! - Courant...
...gratified by a certain titillation of the senses rather than to have our sympathies roused at the discovery that their souls and sufferings are at all like our own. And if we investigate general tendencies instead of individual promise, we fail to find any near prospect of a return of the lost spirit of creativeness and spontaneity. In America, on the other hand, though to be sure no one singer seems ready to catch the mantle of Tennyson when it falls, yet the national character seems likely to favor the growth of a new school of poetry that...
...bring peace to many a man haunted with doubts of his own capacity. He ought to see immediately that his poor spelling and pronunciation are due to the persistence of a logical and methodical mind, which has held out against the destructive effects of English. In conclusion, let us return thanks to these essayists who so often come to our aid, and strengthen our faith in humanity, even at the expense of cherished traditions...