Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...proposed N. E. Association. We stated then that the object of such an association was itself obscure, and criticised the undertaking to some extent. The Cornell Era, for November 3, refers to the first meeting of delegates to form the association in a style which, from its flippancy, we suspect to be intended for biting sarcasm. The Cornell paper revels in the fact that the meeting was a small one; it proceeds to say that the delegates wanted "some more noted college" to lend a little prestige to the affair." Therefore they "proceeded to attitudinize in a peculiarly enticing manner...
...America." He would question whether the working man does not, after all, get the best of Harvard culture, and whether the "grind," discountenancing, of course, a too persistent and unhealthy devotion to study, is not, on the whole, more worthy of admiration and respect than the "swell." I suspect that much of our affected contempt for a "dig" is a result of indolence. It is very convenient for a lazy man to express the opinion that "grinds" and "grinding" are a bore, but such an opinion, he may be sure, won't in the end be a paying...
...belief, does not occupy an enviable position. He is treated civilly, for hardly anybody can afford to cut him, but the whole world laughs at him behind his back. Now I don't happen to know your friend Smith, but from your account of him I strongly suspect that he is a brother of my old classmate, of whom you have often heard me speak. He had a great deal more money than he knew what to do with; and, as a natural consequence, he patronized the best (i. e. most expensive) tradesmen that he could find. His clothes were...
...next nine months. Those who have taken courses in history or philosophy find that each instructor firmly believes that since one has taken his course he intends to neglect everything else and sacrifice his health in reading up for that particular elective. So it seems. We strongly suspect, however, that if the works of reference are carefully noted down and never referred to, all will still be as it should be. Good resolutions must not be frightened away by the appalling spectacle of the work laid out. Do it all if you cap, is our advice...
...little did these ancients suspect that within a few centuries the work whose exclusive enjoyment was theirs would become a part of the general edifying literature of the world. The arrangement of the work is excellent, considering its early date, and in general its wit is very pointed; but there are some humorous touches in it which we cannot satisfactorily explain. For instance, we find on page twelve an apparent reference to our modern games with forfeits. "A student who fails to do this forfeits her right to washing for the week." Was that a joke practised in the school...