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Word: tightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...adopt, no better results could reasonably be expected. The fault lies elsewhere; it is in the fact that few who come here have received the slightest preparation for the life before them. It would be thought unfair to blindfold a child and expect him to perform creditably upon the tight-rope. But the parent and teacher do the same thing all the time, and are greatly chagrined at the result. You wish to give the charge intrusted you a Christian character? By all means; there is abundant room for such. But do not persuade yourselves that it can be made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOUGHTS ABOUT FRESHMEN. | 10/10/1873 | See Source »

Coal will burn in an air-tight stove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AGONY: | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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