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...these improvements be made, whether in the manner suggested, or in any other way; for by no simpler or easier means can the pleasure of the dance be increased than by better music and more room...
...Reduction of the internal revenue is better than a reduction of customs duties, because it is simpler and more efficient...
...cash the man who has charge of the courts, for if one does not forgot to supply himself with money when he dresses himself for tennis playing he seldom has the right change and often finds the collector unable to assist him. It would be much simpler and less annoying to have some small printed tickets which could be put on sale at the Co-operative and other places. These would not only be a great convenience to the tennis player, who could lay in a supply of them, but would also be of great assistance to the Association...
...accounts. These are important facts. A careful estimate will serve my purposes very well, and may perhaps better those of my correspondent. Till all the returns are in, a detailed exhibit of results cannot be given. But it is evident already that the style of living here is much simpler than it is popularly supposed. One-third of those who have written me spend under $700 a year; one half under $1000; three-fourths under...
...scientific and professional lingists. The dead languages should be taught as the living ones are. Pupils should be made to read rapidly and much, so as to acquire ease and facility. By the time a boy enters college he ought to be able to read most Latin and the simpler Greek authors fluently and intelligently. Then he should be taught something of the literatures, ideas, sentiments, manners, philosophies and arts of ancient civilization. In addition to Latin and Greek, or in some cases in substitution for them, certain modern languages, especially German and French, should be taught, and in precisely...