Word: solidity
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...solid rock, and, half afraid...
...Southern Collegian, without displaying any great originality, is remarkable throughout for its solid good sense...
...objects of a vacation are recreation and recuperation, and they must be sought in novelty, spiced with a little excitement; and if, by way of change, we can acquire some new accomplishment, or do a little solid reading, we need not consider this an encroachment on our period of rest. We have a whole continent before us; why not take a lesson of the English and German students? Where is the Harvard exploring party, the Canoe Club, the American Alpine Club? For in our forests and on our mountains and prairies, and not alone in a Saratoga drawing-room, should...
...Their solid ranks passed o'er the plain...
...often been suggested to the subject of our present mythologico-biographical considerations, that, since he had such a large amount of foot to support him, he need not be at all particular about standing upon many solid principles. Now, I take it to be one of the best of proofs that our friend's natural greatness of mind is as exceptional as that of his feet, that he has never seen fit to avail himself of this good pretext for being a scamp...