Word: vexing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been: "Is he a good man?"-not, "What is his college?" I think that I can see the growth from year to year of a catholic spirit which naturally distinguishes the University from the College, and which eradicates gradually from its members the petty prejudices which too often vex the souls of undergraduates. Starting on a higher plane and with a more exacting standard than other clubs, its course thus far promises a future more splendid and useful than any other predecessors or contemporaries. I have heard complaints from within and without that its rules were too strict and exclusive...
...better that I die; living I shall vex...
...tutor's life to vex...