Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...President's statements, "that in such a system students will neglect the more difficult subjects and select studies requiring less mental application, which are for this reason of less value in discipline," appeared to be contrary to our experience at Harvard, and investigation has shown this to be true...
...fear, before all the buildings have fire-escapes, before there are plank walks in the Yard, and until there is some way of getting to Boston in less than half an hour. Unless open fires and stoves were entirely done away with, - which is not proposed, - it is difficult to see how the risk of fire would be materially diminished...