Word: commonly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...considered truth so large that there was bound to be difference in consideration of it; and to his mind the best way of advancing religious co-operation was to bring the truth into the sight and knowledge of as many men as possible. In closing, Dean Hodges urged common allegiance as the essential bond of unity...
...gentleman can distort that privilege of application into a license to fleece his friends by compelling them to do without seats or pay extortionate prices for them, it is difficult to understand. Some methods of making money are forbidden by law and called dishonesty. Others are forbidden by common decency and are called dishonorable. Those who have utilized the football game for business purposes may class their transactions in the second category, but on the whole to a man of self respect there is not a great difference. However one may look at it, it is dirty behavior...
...women engaged in a common work we owe another debt-a debt that is shared by all workers in libraries. To the administration of libraries he brought abilities of such an order as had rarely if ever before been so devoted, and he proved that such abilities are not wasted but on the contrary are demanded in the care of books. Whoever, therefore, shall devote himself to the care of books must find his work dignified, his place in the community elevated because of the life-work of Justin Winsor...
Best general references: A. R. Conklin: City Gov't in the U. S., Chaps. I, III, XIX; James Bryce, Amer. Common-wealth I, Chaps. L, LI; C. W. Eliot, Forum XII, 165; T. N. Hart; N. A. Review...
Whereas, The University Club, which has been proposed, promises to supply a long felt want by raising to their due prominence the interests common to all Harvard...