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Word: siftings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bring about this reform the scientific method is most effective. Reformers and would be reformers must sift the matter to the core, they must go to work and examine systems deemed defective. They must study the grievances and their causes, and they will then, and only then see the evil as it really is. But for a reformer to devote himself to all reforms would be a senseless task. He must choose some single thing which he thinks needs reforming and do his best to bring about the desired reform. He must not work alone, however; he must join...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Conference Meeting. | 11/13/1889 | See Source »

...communication published to-day in regard to the freshman game with Yale contains an assertion which is most unwarranted, as far as the CRIMSON is concerned. As for our correspondents, we do not pretent to possess the ability to sift their motives, but we can speak for the position which we ourselves have taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/21/1887 | See Source »

...taking notes as well as in other things. It is not necessary to write every syllable of a lecture, and in fact notes thus taken are well nigh useless in review, the kernel bearing too small a proportion to the husk; generally, however, a careful note-taker will sift out of an hour's lecture a supply of kernels sufficient to make a delightful repast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Value of Good Notes. | 1/14/1886 | See Source »

...this little joke also throws great discredit upon the college; for the public are only too ready to impute the actions of a few on the many, and do not stop to sift the good from the bad, tarring with the same brush all alike for the acts of a few reckless and dishonest youths...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/13/1883 | See Source »

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