Word: enlightenment
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Then there is the man who asks questions. Why does he do it? It is not for information surely, for he asks questions when he already knows their answers. I think it must be because he wants to give the instructor opportunities to enlighten the rest of us. I know the fellow knows a good deal, for, when we were reading the other day about Hannibal's blasting rocks with fire and vinegar, he asked why he did not use nitro-glycerine...
...approved Lanonian style to repeat to him the "Ave Maria." "Si, si, is entende," was the reply; and in a few minutes he drew up before a place with the sign "Sorvetes," which I had previously learned, by experience bien entendu, meant "American drinks compounded." I did not enlighten him, however, and I feel certain that he thinks to this day that he understood that "American" perfectly. I discovered afterwards, that any sentence that a hackman did not understand was interpreted by him as a request to stop at some "Palais Royal." This, however, is natural, and shows a commendable...
...Magenta expressed a need that is widely felt. The Physiology and Hygiene of the Human Body is one subject on which a course of Lectures, illustrated by specimens, would be appreciated and gladly attended by many students. Surely there are several instructors here who are competent to enlighten our mental darkness in this regard, and relieve us from our painful, not to say shameful, ignorance. Feeling the benefit of the Shaksperian and Homeric readings, and of the lectures on French literature; like Oliver Twist, we cry for "more." We hope the Faculty will find it possible to supply our need...