Word: attaches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...misfortune to the crime of manslaughter through a mistake in switching. As a whole, the story is very well written; but it has some minor faults which spoil its full effectiveness, though they do not by any means destroy the interest of the tale. It is not well to attach any great importance to a presumably careless slip, but it is amusing to hear of a dying wife "gazing forth contentedly" at her husband "as a dog looks at a bone...
...from the Heminway Gymnasium," who "fell dead on the Harvard campus from heart disease." We are informed by the highest authority that no such accident ever occurred; the unfortunate was a fanciful creation of the writer's imagination. The sophomore very much overestimates the importance which the college authorities attach to athletic contests. He says that "especial leniency is shown in the class room and examination hall to men in training," etc. If he will look into the matter he will find that though the athlete in training may have a few more "cuts" granted him, he has to pass...
...only remedy for scornfulness is an upward view. As long as a man sees only what is beneath him he must remain on the "seat of the scornful." If he will only attach himself to something high, to the Law of God as expressed. by religion, he must inevitably change his plan and become...
...committee of the Amherst library has voted to attach a fine of $10 for taking a book from the library reading-room without permission...
Resolved, That as the stigma of this vandalism will attach to us as a body, we therefore make all the reparation in our power by tendering to the College money, to be raised by public subscription among us, sufficient to repair, as far as possible, the damage caused by it, and by expressing our deep regret at its occurence...