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...conceit themselves? A or Anne, may be chaste but clumsy; B, or Betsy delicate-minded but dumpy and dowdy; C, active and fond of dancing but ugly; F, feminine in feeling but fat and fubsy. Must they therefore cover up? Must only Grace, Beauty and Agility go cool whilst Fat swelters and Fubsy faints? If so may there not be an exclusiveness in Polka as in Piety--and a monopoly of nakedness as of righteousness--a Socialism that is Selfishness at Bottom...
...submarine menace and gradually to gain the upper hand. This result has been achieved in spite of an imperfect knowledge of a new and barbarous method of warfare and of a scarcity of suitable material. Our material resources for this warfare are already improved, and are being rapidly augmented, whilst science is placing at our disposal means of offense and defense of which we have been in need. --The Outlook...
...express a hope that in this University, if no where else on the continent, we shall be patriotic enough not to remain passive whilst the destinies of our country are being settled by surprise. Let us be for or against; and if against, then against by every means in our power, when a policy is taking shape that is bound to alter all the national ideals that we have cultivated hitherto. Let us refuse to be bound over night by proclamation, or hypnotized by sacramental phrases through the day. Let us consult our reason as to what is best...
These two characters form an agreeable contrast with those of Beralde-Argan's brother, a man of good sense-and the suitor of Angelique, Cleante, whose modest and graceful manners are pleasing; whilst the delicate sentiments and sound reason of Angelique stand opposed to the affected mildness and treacherous advice of Beline, Argan's wife, whose object is to deprive her step-children of their father's property, but who is baffled in this attempt by an artifice planned by Toinette...
...committee considered the possibility of sending a joint team in the middle of July, but, on going into the question, found it would not be practicable, because some of the best athletes would be unable to leave England at that time, being detained by the public examinations, whilst others who had already engaged themselves to take part in the forthcoming competition of the London Athletic Club vs. the New York Athletic Club were not prepared to go to America in July and also in September. You will see that our only course was to suggest to you an autumn meeting...