Word: sorrowfully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prospective member of the Business School of Administration, I have read recent criticism of that institution, in your periodical, with a good deal of sorrow. I don't believe that you have all the facts that we have; for instance, take the eclipse. You saw it of course? Although not all of us had the privilege to be among that awe-stricken multitude who stood on tip-toe on the hills of Westerly, there are certain results that go far to convince one that you are quite wrong...
...with great regret that I have heard of your bereavement; and I want to express to you my deep sympathy in your sorrow. Mr. Gompers' whole life was devoted to the interests of organized labor, until his name had become almost synonymous with the cause which he represented...
...Coolidge telegraphed to George B. Christian Jr., Secretary to the late President Harding, asking him to express the former's sorrow at Mrs. Harding's death to the members of her family...
...October 12, in dedicating a church in Cambridge, Mass., Archbishop O'Connell took occasion to lecture Harvard University on its lack of religion. He began with a few words of sorrow over the Reformation. 'Some centuries ago,' he said, 'some of the great schools of Europe like Oxford and Cambridge forgot their duty to their mother.' As a result, according to the Cardinal, 'they have just missed the real thing. They have missed the way because they have cut off the light...
...delicate bluish bloom on black cheeks, who came to stay with them. The blacks live so near the earth their roots go down into it like the roots of trees. Mrs. Peterkin understands these twisted roots, their fumbling, struggling, grappling, and the secret chemistries that work in them? sorrow and wonder, sweetness and regret, life and love and death...