Word: preciously
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...generous hope that succeeding generations may be spared the matutinal proclamation--abandon such wanton waste of brain energy! For as long as royal decrees survive, and until the initiative spirit of the outside world has penetrated the venerable customs of antiquity, the inane din will continue to destroy precious Senior slumber...
Only those undergraduates who have had the privilege of coming under the influence of Professor Wendell at his home can realize with the graduates how precious a part of the University has gone; the others can only vaguely regret the loss of an inspirational presence they were never fortunate enough to know...
...English man, while the other parts, with one or two unimportant exceptions, are consistently well-handled. A word might also be said for the "mob" of sporty English aristocrats, who contribute an ever-recurring ripple of laughter with such highly, accented expressions as "demn it!", "well, dear old precious!", "hello, old wonderful!" and the like...
...silent now; the drums have ceased to beat, the battle flags are furled, and men return to common toll. The martial fire has cooled; the harmony among the peoples that fought side by side fast fades away; the inspiration of the cause has been obscured. But a deeply precious thing remains--the memory of those who in the glowing spirit of self-sacrifice gave their lives for all that we hold dean. They died for naught if we forget that by their death they taught the use of life. Unselfish was the aim for which these lives were given...
...President should have accepted this and submitted it to the conference. Had this been done we would now be in the League functioning and greatly helping the world. I am still hopeful that such a result may be brought about, but in the interval we have lost precious time...