Word: assertion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...club; but his arguments, even after several readings of his letter, appears to us far from convincing. He speaks of our editorial as being inaccurate. The only inaccuracy which has been detected was due to a misunderstanding, and was easily explained next morning. In turn, we should like to assert that Mr. Sexton is inaccurate and misleading in one of his most important statements. He says that the Yale crew costs more than ours. Figures will hardly prove this. According to the treasurer's report our boat club spent last year $6,490, and left $1,746 of unpaid bills...
...answer was "No;" but we always added that we had friends there, and had been invited out, but had never cared to go. We then, thought this was a wise answer, but now we see how foolish it must have seemed to those who heard it. We now seriously assert that no man's education is complete without his having visited Wellesley at least once, and if he once goes there, he cannot help going again...
...standard be a lofty one, and though we overturn and trample upon many a venerable institution to reach it-we persuade ourselves that our endeavors are in the right direction, and that the success that shall crown our efforts is almost within our grasp. And, it is safe to assert, the educational interests of America are rapidly approaching the ideal state of completeness, which is so much to be desired...
...esteemed contemporary, the Advocate, has been indulging in a little prophesying on its own account, and the result has been rather startling in its nature. Among the many happenings which this much-gifted prophet foretells for us, one at least we modestly assert will prove incorrect. Others, it is very probable, may be no more correct than this, but of those we do not speak, we lay no claims to the mysterious art of the seer...
...against Protection is that prices are raised. But does any one imagine that iron, for example, would have been as cheap as it is now, had not that industry been fostered and protected? The increased production has made cheap iron possible. Protection cannot create a monopoly, as some people assert. Completion is the great regulator of prices. Even under a prohibitory tariff there could be no monopoly. Competition would lower prices. We have the resources, the capacity, the honesty to enable us to produce things as cheaply as any nation. But even if prices were higher, it would prove nothing...