Word: worth
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...words, which in early times contained practically the sum of human knowledge. In those days when a book was written it was considered the property of the author; it was to be kept from the public and especially from the professional writer. All things that were worth being recorded were termed "grammata" by the Greeks and the writer was a "grammaticos." As a book was intended solely for the author it was written in a form that was practically impossible for another man to decipher. Hence arose the practice of a writer attaching to himself a disciple, who would...
...bonds. In a trial by oaths, the oaths were made to be very difficult, a mere slip of the tongue in stating them being enough to convict the swearer. Not only veracity, but the strength of the oath was taken into account; for instance, a parson's oath was worth twice as much as a deacon's. In trials by arbitration, the judge is the mediating power. In closing, Professor Vinogradoff said that every country has been through the period of customary law, proceeding from downright struggle to compromise, and that this advance was the greatest curb...
...four stories, two are well worth reading. Although "The Reconversion of Susan Jones" contains more of a theme than Mr. V. H. King has taken advantage of and is carelessly and inadequately written, the structure is well planned, the characterization suggestive, and the dialogue easy and lifelike. It is an amusing fact that, whereas Mrs. Jones is reconverted from Christian Science to Congregationalism, the author, for all his story tells, might belong to either sect. Mr. Joseph Husband's "The Summons" is a more conventional theme, better written. If not experienced, then it took an exceptional imagination to phrase...
...interest, moderation, and case, is certainly lacking in all of those forced and unfinished attributes which are supposed to character the author's class. I should prophecy for him future success in the outer world. The essay on Morris Rosenfeld is marked by conviction, and by attention to things worth thinking of, and promises well...
...current number of the Advocate the first of a series of essays on college life is well worth reading. It comes under the general head of "Varied Outlooks," though it might have been called more definitely--"The Meaning of College Life." The meaning, in one way, as it has come to one man, W. M. E. Perkins, is that college is not a four years' recreation before hard work, but that it is, nevertheless, an excellent place to get the broader education (along with the other) to be derived from mixing with men. There is much more to the article...