Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...students now in college is the son of a man who has received a degree from the University, no matter in what department. It is one of the chief delights of those who have the privilege of devoting their lives to the service of this precious institution, that they work not alone for the generation which is now under their hands, but for the thronging generations of the future...
...following letter from Dr. Holmes refers to the work, which is receiving such unbounded favor, on "Harvard and its Surroundings," by Moses King, compiler and publisher...
...assertion that they will be "tempted to cut on any pretext." Their present high rank is a sufficient warranty of their future conduct, and we feel confident that they will not willingly permit the failure of the first step toward that freedom which is the highest incentive to manly work...
...Persia. He was born in Khorassan, about the middle of the eleventh century of our era, and died in the year 1123. His life was passed in astronomical studies, and he probably composed his quatrains, which are bound together by no logical connection, in the intervals of his professional work...
...plan is this - Don't you think, Mr. Editor, it would work? Of course examinations cannot be arranged so as to please every one; but to me it seems very unjust that some men should have so much less time to prepare them than others have. I know of one case (my own) where the poor fellow has five exams in three days, and the first three days of the first week. Now my cousin has five examinations in three weeks, with plenty of time to prepare them, and time to go to the theatre...