Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Therefore, We, the members of the Harvard Sparring Club, desire to express our sincere sorrow and sympathy to his bereaved parents...
...write to you in the name of the class of ninety-five to express, as deeply as possible the great and personal sorrow which we feel has come to all of us in the death of your son. Beside the bereavement which every one who knew him has suffered in the loss of a sincere friend, each member of the class has felt that the loss has come to him as something personal. Your son was a man whom we were proud to call a classmate and who stood to us as the representative of all that was quiet...
...resolved that realizing the great loss we have sustained in his death, we desire to express our deep sorrow, and to extend to his friends and relatives our sincere sympathy in their bereavement...
Yesterday afternoon every one was shocked by the news of the death of Mr. Frank Bolles, Secretary of the University. Some had been forewarned of the event; others knew nothing of it till it came; but in either case the news brought with it a personal sorrow. Mr. Bolles' death is a peculiarly sad one, for he of all men enjoyed life. Nothing in his work, which was at times most perplexing and most discouraging, could ruffle his spirit or make life a burden to him. He could look through all the troubles of his office, and though conscious...
...members of the first year class of the Harvard Law School desire to express their profound sorrow on the death of their classmate, Alexander Oliver Young. In his associations with the class he displayed manly qualities which won for him warm personal friendships and in his general conduct he commanded the respect of all as a diligent student and a man of high character. Therefore, it is Resolved: 1st, that the sincere sympathy of the class be extended to the bereaved family; 2nd, that copies of these resolutions be printed in the Princetonian and the Harvard Crimson...