Word: worded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only because it looks better to stand unsupported but because the habit carries a moral lesson. The first thing a recruit is taught to do is to stand straigt, no for looks but because the act of so standing conveys the idea of discipline. And for centuries the word in our language which is the typical expression fro absolute honesty has been uprightness...
...modern science. Everything has now become wonderful; the insignificant pebble contains a page of the past history of the world written indelibly upon it, and the tiny flower gives up to the student the great truths of the universe. It is just as proper to speak of the word of the Lord as coming from Agassiz and Huxley as from Moses and Isaiah. When the great light of modern science came upon the world many were weak enough to think that the old revelations were thrown into discredit; they fell down on their faces instead of remembering the exhortation...
...Brooke Herford conducted the Vesper Service in Appleton Chapel yesterday assisted by Rev. William Lawrence. He spoke a few minutes on the word "Christian," telling what a strong word it had become in spite of centuries of opposition. The choir then sang: Christmas Carol-P. L. Atherton '93; Doth not Wisdom Cry-Haking; The King of Love-Shelley...
LOST-One button of a gold sleeve link. If found kindly leave at Hollis 3, or send word...
...December number of the Harvard Monthly opens with "A Word about Lamb's brose Style," by Mr. W. B. S. Clyner. Mr. Clymer calls Lamb's style not simple as it is often said to be, but "manifoldly complex, like a violet...