Word: properness
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...blasphemy. This is not a subject on which it is best to argue, but let any one examine the feeling with which this office is regarded in his own mind and in that of his acquaintances, and see if the chaplain and the prayer are not considered as the proper thing, adding a certain amount of dignity and distinction to the day, and not as the expression of the sincere religious feeling of any portion of the class. This is of course addressed to those who believe in the first article of the Christian creed; but since the publication...
...apparent openness of his style. While clear as a spring he is deep as the ocean, and we must read and reread, when the simplicity will resolve itself into the true philosophical confusion. It is admirably adapted therefore for Primary and Grammar Schools, and a few hints on the proper method of shooting the young idea in this direction may be not out of place. To carry out the humorous idea of the book, the instructor should lay down his opinions as decisively and finally as the judge on the bench. He is to assume dogmatism in its most absolute...
...cannot tell. The bank authorities are certainly justified in refusing to cash drafts that are payable to persons unknown to them; and to enable students to get their money they need only to obtain the Steward's indorsement, but that ought not to relieve them from any proper charges of the bank. In fact, the bank has quite as much right to charge the one as the other, that is to say, no right...
...novelty of the entertainment would no doubt suffice to fill the gallery for months to come, but popular interest might eventually decline unless proper stimulants were offered. To meet this difficulty I should propose the following plan...
...then lose nothing, and something might be gained in the direction of gentlemanly games. We have endeavored to put this matter before our readers, touching upon the arguments pro and con, in a way to gain it a fair hearing, and place the action of the Overseers in its proper light. These gentlemen are at all times ready to receive communications from the students. The interests of both are in reality identical, and we are confident that a full understanding is all that is needed to make this evident...