Word: actual
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this beneficence he feels humble. His hope that he may deserve this is in his attachment to an unknown future, when men shall see the light and know the truth better because of his life. This is not a time of achievement but of preparation. In this sense the actual Harvard is a promise of the Harvard that...
...duty on raw wool handicaps our woolen mills. (1) With it manufacturers cannot have their choice of wools.- Speech of Mr. Morse. H. of Rep., July 12. 1888; speech of Mr. Springer, H. of Rep., July 19, 1888. (2) The actual expense of producing woolens is, in general, excluding cost of raw wool cheaper in the United States than in Europe-Congressional Record XIX 6198-9. (3) Including the cost of raw wool however, the expense of producing woolens is cheaper in Europe than in the United States.- Ibid...
...marked success and both in numbers and enthusiasm, surpassed any dinner that has ever been given by Harvard men to an athletic team. The fact is more remarkable, too, when we reflect that the team in whose honor the dinner was given has been far from successful in actual victories won. There is but one conclusion to be drawn. Captain Cumnock and his men were honored for their manly struggle and signal fair play throughout the season...
...medicine, law, or any other profession, a thorough practical knowledge of the science of teaching can only be gained by actual experience, and the work of a course in pedagogy would necessarily be largely theoretical. A sound theoretical and philosophical knowledge of pedagogy could be gained, and the after experience would thereby be based upon correct principles. This is the line of work which a college could do and for such work Harvard is already well fitted. The proposition should receive the careful attention of the college authorities...
...university. Very likely, too, in order to avoid criticism, all the members of the Princeton team will conclude to keep up their connection with the college until the end of the year-at least they will be subjected to the greatest pressure toward this end. As to the actual intentions of some of Princeton's players, however, the faculty may well be mistaken, since their information on the vital point in question from their very position is almost sure to be unreliable. However that may be, even they, we believe, would find it difficult to explain the coming of George...