Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...discussing the other writers of the time, however, Mr. Copeland will not sacrifice the independent value and interest of their lives to the fact that they were friends of Johnson, but will try to make clear the literary quality of their writings and their lives, with a constant reminder that Johnson was the literary center of the times...
...reached were only working hypotheses to be altered by the next discovery. He had also an infinite patience with even the errors of those who wished to learn, and great acumen in discovering the exact misconception that caused the error. His style of exposition was con cise and clear, with a certain quaintness proceeding from a delicate sense of humor so subtle as hardly to be recognized except by his intimate friends. He added to these qualities a remarkable saneness of judgement. No theory, however plausible, could run away with him, and his advice, which was freely given, was marked...
...testimony, recalling that it was he who first showed them that there were things to be learned which were not set down in any book,- that he initiated them, in fact, into modern methods of individual research and taught them to seek the truth for themselves. He made it clear that there were wide untrodden fields on every side, and tempted his pupils on to exploration...
...will be seen that in the College proper there has been a clear gain of 60 over last year's figures, in the Lawrence Scientific School one of 39, and in the Law School one of 71. The only decrease is a slight one of 17 in the Graduate School and the figures can not be considered as final since the School is constantly recruited throughout the year. Taken all in all, with the exception of the Divinity School and the Boston Departments of the University, including the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Schools, and the Bussey Institute, this year...
...statement we publish this morning from Captain Cabot will effectually clear away the mass of rumor and misinformation which has been flying about for the last few days concerning the football men. Of course the wearing of the "H" is regulated by the Athletic Committee and no summary action could be of effect without a change of the rules which are now in force. The measure was, then, necessarily voluntary. Far from showing that the coaches have taken such harsh measures to awaken the team to a sense of responsibility, the whole episode offers strong proof that the men feel...