Word: soberly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent lecture Mr. Walker, M. P., claimed that the bicycle was one of the most wonderful inventions of modern time. It was a great temperance reformer, because it was impossible for a man to ride his bicycle if he were otherwise than sober. It was a great educational reformer, because it enabled persons to go from one end of the country to the other in a fortnight at little expense, and spend their holidays in a reasonable n a reasonable and rational manner...
...contempt for it because there were ministers on board the train. One of them pointed to the rear of the car and said, 'there is the bar.' If these young men had been drunk, we would have supposed that they were on a drunken carousal and when they got sober they would be ashamed of their conduct, but as they appeared to be sober we supposed that it was a premeditated attempt to ridicule the ministers on board or their church...
...society had what I should call a passive existence. That is to say, there appeared to be but little effort made to stir up an interest in temperance matters by any discussions of questions bearing upon the subject. It is quite laudable for a temperance man to keep sober, but if we would make headway against our opponents or even hold our own sufficiently to command their respect, we must do more. We must work. This spirit is spreading all over the country, and is especially growing strong towards the West. Thousands of dollars are spent annually to carry elections...
...wore a fashionable poke bonnet and a scarlet dress with puffed sleeves, and smoked a very long and strong cigar; another was attired in modest white, wore a coquettish flat straw hat with blue ribbons, and talked in a deep bass voice; the third was clothed in the sober garb of a middle-aged matron, but had refused to sacrifice his mustache, and the last represented a prim and dignified spinster, but was betrayed by the vigor and pathos of his profanity when a brother stepped on his skirt. The other members of the class wore long muslin gowns...
...rumored that when the result was telegraphed from Cambridge to Princeton, an impulsive Princetonian promptly telegraphed back : "That's a lie; send me the correct score." He could appreciate a good sell, but when it came to imposing upon his sober common sense and sound judgment, it was more than he could stand. - [News...