Word: views
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...friend is certainly taking too tragic a view of the matter. He apparently fears that Decoration Day will rouse bitter and revengeful thoughts in the minds of the people who throng the streets to witness its yearly celebration. It needs very little knowledge of human nature to perceive that the majority of the people who appear on the streets that day come out simply and solely to enjoy themselves...
...have been an hour in length, and the matter required has been an abstract of the portion of the book gone over previous to the examination. Now there is a way of looking at this plan so that it will appear a good one, but such a point of view is one which only one of the most ardent seekers after hidden beauties could discover. The advantage claimed is, that to give a good abstract will require a thorough knowledge of the book. The disadvantages may be summed up in the assertion that to give a good abstract of sixty...
...probable that the Tabular View can be prepared before next fall...
...Ebon shield and motto is repaid only by the inscription, "J. C. W. 1792," which, though long since filled with the janitor's putty, is still discernible just above the grate. The ceiling is low, and no cornice adorns the walls, but the windows command an excellent view of the Yard, and the comfortable window-seats and the pervading venerable aspect of the apartment made up, we thought, for all its deficiencies. And then, after a time, the room became so filled with curious old furniture, and pictures, and signs, and photographs, and what not, that it came to possess...
...economy ought to be one of the most welcome of all the additional courses. Considering the importance of the subject and the benefits which a knowledge of its principles confers on those who would be intelligent and active citizens, one elective would seem scarcely sufficient to give a comprehensive view of the subject...