Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...covert attack on Harvard, even supposing all his strictures on Mr. Allen's Latin were correct. But Mr. R. apparently has yet to learn, what every experienced Latin teacher does learn, that it is very unsafe to say that anything is bad Latin. He certainly has detected some serious mistakes, - one, over which he gets specially exultant, in the conjugation of a verb, - one so very bad that a candid reviewer would have recognized it at once, to use Macaulay's expression on a similar occasion, as a blunder that the greatest scholar might make in haste, and that...
THROUGH the carelessness of the authorities in leaving obstructions in the road in front of Matthews, without warning lights, an accident occurred on Monday night, which came near being a very serious thing...
...chief objection to the preservation of the seats appears to be that they are a favorite evening resort for questionable characters, whose noisy behavior disturbs the residents of the neighborhood. The employment of a single watchman would put an end to this, and his wages would be a less serious drain upon the treasury of the Nine than the $ 75 which must now be paid to a monopolist whenever a match is played...
...Through the courtesy of its Director, we are now in possession of the material necessary to such a statement. At the close of last summer season at Penikese it was found that, though doing a great work, the School was threatened with financial difficulties. This at first occasioned no serious alarm to the Trustees, as they had been led to expect that Mr. Anderson, its founder, would look out for the School for three years from 1874; on the presentation to him of last year's account, however, the Trustees discovered that no more assistance was to be expected from...
...only the eminent scientific investigator, but the revered and loved instructor. Ever ready to appreciate merit and aid the deserving, it is not too much to say that he won the personal affection of every one who knew him. He had complained of indisposition for several days; but nothing serious was apprehended until Thursday night, when his malady suddenly increased, causing his death at an early hour on Friday morning...