Word: task
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...expedition to Brazil he was called upon by Martius to assist in compiling for publication the discoveries relating to fishes, and to write the descriptions for the plates which this work contains. This was his first book. It appeared in 1829. The thorough manner in which he completed the task allotted him placed him at once among the leading naturalists of the day. In 1832 he was honored with a professorship in the College of Neufchatel. His first great work was published in 1839, entitled "Natural History of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Central Europe," and at the same time...
...deprived of one third of the privileges granted others. It is not sufficient that the offending one reforms, he must even reach a standard of excellence, higher than that which is required of his associates, and this is hardly probable. We do not believe that the greater one's task is the less time it will take to perform it, or in giving to an overworked man more work in order to rest...
...absence of familiar faces and the appearance of strange ones, the gladsome welcomes and the hearty hand-shakings, remind us that another college year with its duties is upon us. Those who bear the responsibility of editing a college journal find their task both pleasant and irksome, yet in the past year it has been rendered less arduous by the gentlemanly courtesies of subscriber and contributor. The reception which the Magenta met and the interest exhibited in its welfare warrant us in continuing its publication. The first official duties of the newly elected Editors begin with this number; augmented thus...
...indiscriminate acquaintance which many feel forced to maintain among "recent publications" deprives reading of its pleasure, and makes it for them a task; and no wonder, for who can feel any pleasure in turning the leaves of a book in which he feels no interest? One should read only as inclination leads him, for the mere skimming over a book as a task will do him but little good; if he satisfy that curiosity which leads to the study of a limited number of books, it will be of more advantage to him as an aid in the acquisition...
...first number. Our contributors, although few in number as compared with the men in college who can and ought to write, have been extremely obliging and constant. We hope that more men will write for us next year. In regard to news, we have often found it a difficult task to give a sufficient amount of interesting matter without descending to gossip and personalities, which we know our readers do not wish in a college paper, and which we ourselves are loath to introduce. Our desire to establish friendly relations with our sister paper has been met in so courteous...