Word: better
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...heartedly for the result, or that you doubt either your power or your premises. But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas--that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate...
...energy of the government has turned to constructive work; the better element is coming to the front...
...thing to be noted, along with the fact that the news-stand price is now thirty-five cents, is that Lampy gives more than it used to. The smaller type in which the magazine is set adds to the gross wordage even if it detracts from the former and better appearance of the comic...
...Leacock, besides being renowned for his work done as Professor of Political Economy at McGill University, Montreal, is better known by his humorous books, of which he has written six, among them being "Literary Lapses," and "Sunshine Sketches...
...writer is "L'Europe Nouvelle" complains that a mail carrier in France is paid better than a public school teacher, and two university graduates, possessing equal qualifications, will in 30 years earn a salary of 18,000 and 9,000 francs respectively if one enters the service of the state as an engineer and the other as a college professor...