Word: rich
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...preparation being presupposed, the university lecturer soon plunges inmedias res. The work laid out before one is work in special branches and along special lines. One of the troubles found by the enthusiastic American, is to know, not what to take, but what not to take. The great richness of the field is rather a drawback than an aid, for it is seldom that one is reduced to a "Hobson's choice." The subjects to be "read" upon are so varied, so alluring, so rich, that only the man of fixed purpose, or of one idea, can pass through...
...debate of the Harvard Union last evening was fairly well attended in spite of the inclement weather. The disputants of the evening, Messrs. Root and Currier and Messrs. Coffin and Rich for the affirmative and negative acquitted themselves well and were supported by several speakers from the floor...
...Harvard Union will tonight debate the question "That the United States should place greater restrictions on immigration from Europe." Principal disputants, for the affirmative, Messrs. Root, '85 and W. L. Currier, '87; for the negative, Messrs. Coffin, '85, and Rich...
...kinds were bought in the old and in the new world, expeditions were sent to far-away countries, and the depths of the sea were investigated. The ingenious investigator, who was always full of new ideas, had neither time nor patience for the sifting and arrangement of the extremely rich material: his son and successor undertook this task. As an administrator, Alexander Agassiz may be equaled only by a few; as a naturalist, he belongs, as his father did, to the first names of America. A large fortune makes it also possible for him to promote the interests...
...keep his mind and tastes in such cultivation that he will find in such cultivation that he will find himself en rapport with men of letters. It is too often the case that nothing but a bank account distinguishes the capitalist from the socialist. Justus Schwab says, "Shoot the rich man;" and the rich man says, "The public be blanked!" Ignorance is the only common bond between them, and that fosters their mutual hate. The poor men and self-styled reformers who met at Irving Hall a short time ago had for their motto "Ni dieu ni maitre," and their...