Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...addition of new courses in the English department at Harvard, promised for next year, is another step in the development of the college which will be warmly approved by people of liberal views in matters of education. In spite of the increased attention which is now being paid to the study of the English language and literature in colleges and other institutions of learning both in this country and in England, there is still a notable lack of interest in the subject exhibited in quarters where it ought not to exist. The reasons for this have often been discussed...
...night the annual spring concert of the Glee Club, Pierian Sodality and Banjo Club takes place. In spite of the severe loss sustained in the resignation of Mr. Forchheimer from the leadership of the orchestra, as well as in the loss of some of its leading instrumentalists, the Pierian will do itself credit in the concert this evening, if credit is to come from constant and faithful practice...
...animosity which is far out of proportion to the Boston element in our population. But the New York press would do well to remember that Harvard is not a local affair although the prevailing influence here may come from the shores of Massachusetts Bay. Hence if they have any spite to vent upon this section of the country a much better way of doing it is open to them than the unconsidered one which they have chosen to adopt...
...obtain the typical representation of a class is something that painters and novelists have always professed to do, and it is something which they have nearly always failed in accomplishing. The individual traits and feelings of the artist have necessarily shown out strongly in his work, and in spite of his endeavors to throw off his prejudices, his hand can always be recognized, and the final result is never satisfactory. A writer who is thoroughly unprejudiced is yet to be found, but photography has given us a means by which a typical portrait of a number of individuals can readily...
...failure of the other. Saul found a kingdom because he was in the line of duty. Faithful devotion to duty in the least things is the surest path to success in the greatest. This is abundantly illustrated in our own political history. Henry Clay, in spite of his brilliant abilities lost the presidency. Seward who was sure of the nomination failed, and Lincoln, who sought only to be true to his political principals, was brought to the place where God's best thought for him and the country was made fruitful. Illustrations of this same truth can be drawn from...