Word: riches
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...separately, but together), the acquisition of grounds, buildings, collections, and instruments, and the enlargement of their means of providing a gratuitous education for promising young men of slender means. When these more pressing objects are accomplished, they may, perhaps, begin to think of offering money-prizes, accessible to rich or poor, for notable attainments at school and at the university, and of providing for the comfortable support of able young men, rich or poor, for several years after they have left the university; unless, in the mean time, they should have come to the conclusion, from a comparison...
...rich for such...
...those you know are exceptional cases," said the Senior. "X. is one of those quiet fellows who never does anything but study. He positively seems to like it; and it is all very well for him, because his father is rich enough to let him study as long as he likes, and to give him a good place afterwards. Now I don't care particularly about studying forever, and besides, my father has given me distinctly to understand that it is about time I began to make my own bread-and-butter...
From the above array of names one can see both how rich a mine of literary wealth the Review really is, and how great is the service which Mr. Cushing has done in giving us a ready access to it. A canvass of the College will be made before long, and it is desirable that two hundred copies should be subscribed for among the students of the University. The book will be bound in cloth, and the maximum price will be two dollars and a half...
...students then than teachers now. It is delightful to think of the future which awaits our University if the rapid progress of the last twenty years shall be maintained. We would always associate our University with our country. They were poor, straitened, and humble together; together they shall grow rich, free, and powerful...