Word: generous
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Divinity School. Moreover, the service is held in "a well warmed chapel," and its duration is from 10 to 14 minutes. In view of the present state of circumstances, the committee give it as their belief that "the only alternative is, either to continue the present system with its generous allowance of absences, or to discontinue the service...
...Chapel, and the pond at the end of the walk on Harvard Street, just opposite Holyoke St. On every moist day, on each side of the walk leading from the Chapel to Memorial, two large pools of water are formed which gradually rise and overflow the path; then our generous authorities send a couple of stalwart Irishmen who dig a small trench across the path, drawing the small puddle into the larger, and making the walk in the meanwhile a regular quicksand. The end of the walk opposite Holyoke St. is still worse; the stones are sunken and uneven...
...that I have made from his letters, I think Boswell's real self can be seen. He was fickle and impetuous: he was careless of others: he was vain beyond measure. But he was so open in his likes and dislikes, so frank in thought, and at times so generous, that we must see a certain amount of good in him after all. Boswell is a queer compound of openness, foolishness, and immorality. His whole life may be summed up in the single phrase he used when telling why he was a sceptic: "My scepticism," he wrote, "was not owing...
...acknowledging the receipt through your hands yesterday, of the beautiful pitcher from the members of the Harvard University Boat Club, I beg to say that I am deeply sensible of their kindness in asking me to accept at this time such a token of the generous feelings which you express in your letter...
...appear. It is with some doubts as to the support and approval which this new venture will receive that we prepare to launch it upon the public. Therefore we wish to call particular attention to the fact, that it may receive as much support as possible. It is our generous purpose to distribute the supplement to our regular subscribers. We hope that in addition to the copies so distributed, a considerable number will be wanted; first, by men wishing to send it to their friends, and second, by others, not subscribers, wishing to learn what the English department of Harvard...