Word: toning
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...speak a word of caution, very likely quite unnecessary, against accepting Mr. Roosevelt's violent arraignment of Harvard College opinion in your columns as representative of the general position of the graduates, or for that matter, as a fair example of the tone usually taken on this subject by educated and thoughtful men anywhere? Of the significance of the Monroe doctrine, and its place in international law I have nothing to say, except that they can not be settled even by the most emphatic assertion, but must abide the decision of those who are qualified by their training and temper...
...have displayed the wealth of detail, the magnificent costuming and the striking pietures that are to be seen in Rip Van Winkle. The company is most happily cast. Mr. Wolff surprised the vast audience by giving a wonderfully fife-like performance of Rip, the Village Vagabond,- all the nice tone gradations of the sympathetic scenes were most artistically made, and one cannot soon forget the finale of Act 2, where Rip falls asleep surrounded by Hendrick Hudson and his ghostly crew. Miss Lane was charming-she can do nothing badly,- while Miss Leighton added to the fun of the piece...
...notice in this morning's (Saturday's) issue that Junior does himself and us the justice to claim his article under his right name. I notice, also, that the tone of his second communication makes amends for that of his first; its courteous seriousness is not susceptible of misinterpretation. He had originally overlooked the fact that an anonymous letter directed against the methods of any single person is sure, without extreme care, to carry with it personal implications...
...rejected on that account. While we are always glad to give both sides of a case a full hearing and never refuse to publish an opinion merely because we disagree with it, yet we certainly have the right to demand of our correspondents that the language and general tone of their contributions shall be decent and dignified...
...Hawaiian case: N. A. R., vol. 158, pp. 57-63; Forum, XVI, 670-689.- (b) Expressions of opinion by leaders: Lodge, in Forum, XIX, 8-17; T. C. Catlin, in N. A. R., vol. 158, pp. 431-2; Roosevelt in Boston Herald, Oct. 25, '95.- (c) General tone of press and platforms...