Word: slight
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...kind of composition which we slight most, is that in which a number of related facts are gathered, and put into intelligible form. It is commonly said that the man who does this sort of work in an historical essay, or biographical sketch, shows neither thought nor originality. Yet such a statement is far from true. For it is no light matter to take a given number of facts about an affair of ordinary interest and so arrange them as to hold the attention of a reader. In one way, such is the task of an artist in making colors...
...small value to the public, - of less value than the simple facts upon which they are equally able to pass criticism. The opinions set forth in a review may be most sincere, yet if the writer has poor knowledge of his subject, a sincere opinion is of slight worth. But second-hand views are still more worthless. You bolt an idea whole; and without assimilating it, try to make believe that it is your...
...doing their level best, no matter how they may feel, is so appalling that as yet they have completely failed to grasp it. They all think that such little points as being sharp on time and keeping strict time while at the chestweights, are of such slight importance that it is not worth their while to pay any attention to them. If they condescend to come up and row for the benefit of the class, what more can be looked for? A great deal more is looked for. They are rowing in order to beat Columbia next year...
...authorized by President Eliot to state that the item that appeared in yesterday's Boston Herald regarding smallpox at Harvard, is a misrepresentation, having but slight foundation. One of our students was conveyed to the college hospital, having a slight attack of scarlet fever. By the article of the Herald reporter, this indisposition was magnified into smallpox. We have condemned this failing of student reporters before, but this latest example of greed for news, exaggeration, and total unreliability, deserves more than condemnation. The item in question will be copied far and wide, and will cause needless consternation. A desire...
...rendering of the programme was very good almost throughout; the overture received especially good treatment. Still there were occasional slight slips, and it is a mystery to the writer how the first flute can be allowed to play so persistently flat and with so windy a tone. The Hungarian Rhapsody, with its gorgeous coloring was the most favorably received of the orchestral selections. Mr. Loeffler played in his usual conscientious and artistic manner, making a success of the extremely difficult finale of the concerto, but even he did not succeed in rousing the audience to any great pitch of enthusiasm...