Word: whether
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...certain ideas, or certain ways of treating subjects, which, we feel, properly belong to poetry, and which, though they would appropriately relieve a long work, appear out of place when put by themselves in the necessarily short space of a college article. This distinction between poetry and prose, whether they appear in the form of verse or not, is one universally acknowledged and easily felt, although hard to define. Bearing it in mind, it is easy to see that there may be good writing in verse which is not poetry, and poetry which is not good writing, - two possibilities which...
...faults we criticise we ourselves endeavor to avoid; whether success garlands our efforts, our contemporaries must judge, and their unprejudiced remarks we can always assure a fair consideration...
...direct means to the study of statecraft, the College offers but a single elective in political economy. Without asking whether more ought not to be demanded, it is to be regretted this one is not better patronized. Probably there is nothing within its range which it is not incumbent on every educated citizen to know. Political science, it must be admitted, is a dry subject at first, and bristling with knotty problems for those who would go beneath the surface. But this does not in the least make against its importance or its claims...
...Port, Smith, after reflection, concluded that there-were too many lights, and tried to put some of them out by tossing stones at them. I thought he succeeded, for I heard breaking glass, and it grew dark; but, of course, as it was dark, I couldn't see certainly whether he had put the light out or not, and so climbed up to examine. Hearing a shout, I looked down and saw policeman with hand on both Smith and Brown, also policeman's white bulldog sitting exactly in front of post and looking up into my face. He had such...
...Dana spoke of a proposed change in the constitution, which should be altered so as to allow graduates to be members, and which looked to the appointment of a treasurer from among the graduates. This measure is to be brought forward next fall. Whether the treasurer is to be a graduate or not, it seems evident that he should not be one of the University or class crews. These men are doing their share of work for the club, and it is imposing too much upon them to require them to be continually planning how to raise and collect funds...