Word: utters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pretend to assign an equal value with the ability of reading and writing English. If the Freshman must have forced upon him required studies, is it not well that these studies should not be mathematical, since to many men the understanding of mathematical science is an utter impossibility; or classical, since the time spent in Greek and Latin is wasted in the case of those whose studies are scientific rather than linguistic? But to no one can a thorough knowledge of English come amiss. In advocating a substitution of English for mathematics and classics in the Freshman year...
...hunter brother, with whom she lived in the wilderness. When I first saw her, she was speeding a canoe across the wild river that ran in front of their cabin. The apparition of this beautiful girl set the last charm upon the loveliness of the spot. The utter solitude of the forest around; the white water of the river, that mirrored the hemlocks hanging in rich tracery over its edge; the densely wooded mountains behind, that rose blue in the thin autumnal haze, - all were consecrated by her presence. She was a perfect Diana, save that she would not have...