Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...told by members of the Corporation that, on account of the rapidly increasing size of the classes, and the already overcrowded and dangerous conditions under which the exercises are held, the Corporation would be compelled to force either Ninety-Nine or Nineteen Hundred to remove to another place. Its reason for holding off as long as it has was the hope that some class would see the necessity of the change without being forced into it. For these reasons then, namely, that under the present conditions imposed by the Corporation it is impossible to make the exercises interesting and, also...
...Princeton several times. But now for three consecutive years Yale has beaten us. Last year, although Harvard beat Princeton, the latter showed by her defeat of Yale that she was a dangerous competitor. Those who have the interests of Harvard debating most at heart have been seeking for the reason of these changed conditions. And the inevitable conclusion reached is that while our rivals have improved, interest in debating here has flagged. The weekly debates of both the Union and the Forum have been poorly supported, and some of the best debaters seem to have dropped almost entirely...
...their preface the editors explain the lateness of the issue by saying, "The reason for this delay is the desire of the editors to have the membership of the clubs as complete as possible." This in a measure disarms criticism, but it is no excuse for the complete omission of such clubs as the Freshman Banjo and Mandolin Clubs. There are several misprints which are more or less inevitable, but when these occur in the scores of 'Varsity games they become serious...
...marked contrast to Thierry's imagination is the sensibility of Michelet. This quality in Michelet's writing was the result of his unhealthy nature and of the suffering of his childhood and youth. He has the imagination of the heart; he penetrates the soul. For this reason he has a sympathetic appreciation of the Middle Ages and is the best historian of Jeanne d'Arc. But after 1843 Michelet lost the equilibrium he had preserved between imagination and erudition; and history came to mean for him mere pamphlet writing...
Further, "that the amount of future gifts or the conditions of the bequests is not known, does not seem a valid reason for avoiding the study of possibilities. It is known that there will be bequests, and it is plain that a donor would rather have his building well placed than ill placed. It is also possible that if buildings continue to be placed as now, persons may not want to build at all at Cambridge. Hence the desire to have the main lines upon which blocks of buildings may be set fixed once and for all. No stronger argument...