Word: wording
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Burton opened the debate. It is necessary, first of all, he said, to define clearly the word "tendency." The affirmative advances this definition: a tendency is that which tends to cause, whether it does or does not proceed to an effect. Hence, it is unnecessary to prove that trade unionism would necessarily lead to more evil than good in the future. The probable tendency to evil is all that need be established...
...Stevenson's early ambition to become a writer and the desperate real with which he worked towards that end. "The lesson of Stevenson's life," he said, "is that it is a fine thing to be brave." Professor Van Dyke, in speaking of the precision in the choice of words which is to manifest in all of Stevenson's works, said: "The willingness to be satisfied with the wrong word, the wrong color, is the sign of an inferior author. A brilliant writer is the last one who can afford to be false or fatuous." He read several extracts from...
...stands for in modern civilization, what her ideals have been, what she has contributed to the world's best intellectual possessions. For this purpose books alone do not suffice. It was thought that this country, of all countries, should possess a German Museum in the wider sense of the word, since the great majority of the American people are of Germanic origin, and it is here that in modern homes descendants of all Germanic tribes have met on a common ground and carried on the work of civilization side by side...
Students confined to their rooms by illness should send word to the Secretary's office of their department before 10 a. m. if possible. Later cases may be reported at 47 Brattle street. If no physician is already in attendance they will be visited as soon thereafter as possible. The nature of the illness and degree of urgency should be stated...
...Pilgrims heard the burning word...