Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...comes to grief. He attempts to assist Humphrey in his love affairs, but is also unsuccessful in that respect, as Jasper wins Luce by having himself carried as dead to Venturewell, by whom he is immediately sent to his daughter's apartments, in order to get her to accept Humphrey. The lovers change places, and Jasper makes his escape as his own ghost. When Venturewell finds that his daughter has not been spirited away by magic, he is so relieved that he forgives them both on the spot, and all "live happily ever after" except Ralph. The "Knight...
Society cannot prescribe to men of ability the rewards they shall receive for competence, but must accept the terms imposed by the men themselves. This overthrows a cardinal point in the socialistic creed, which the socialist attempt to argue around...
...meeting of the University Debating Council yesterday afternoon, it was voted to accept the proposal of Princeton to hold the annual Harvard-Princeton debate at Princeton on March 22, the same evening on which Princeton will debate against Yale at New Haven. Both debates will be upon the same subject, which will be submitted by Yale to Princeton and by her to Harvard. The University team, when chosen, will have the choice of sides for its debate...
...will be attended by several hundred representatives, including a large majority of Hindus, Chinese and Japanese besides leaders in mission work from all parts of the world--but on account of his work on the committee and his attendance at the Shanghai conference, he has been unable to accept. The general work of the committee will be to make a journey through all parts of China in order to visit the schools, missions, and medical institutions under the charge of the American Board, and to study their methods and the progress they have made during the last few years...
Ever since the earlier history of the Hebrews, said Dr. Abbott, there has always been a belief in the world that a Golden Age would someday manifest itself. The people were reluctant to accept Christ's simple doctrine, mainly because they did not want to. The following years, however, saw the Kingdom of God placed by the impatient people first in the Roman Empire, then in the Church, and even in the monasteries. But corruption and selfishness arose even within the cloistered walls...