Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...will deliver the annual Ingersoll Lecture at 8 o'clock this evening in Sanders Theatre, on the subject of "Life Everlasting." The lecture will deal with two or three aspects of the question from the point of view of the doctrine of evolution. It will be published afterwards, in somewhat expanded form, by Houghton, Mifflin...
...quite willing to have his daughter marry so old a friend. Their plans are upset, however, by the refusal of Feliante, Alcine's mother, to listen to the proposition; and in spite of remonstrances she has her way and no definite agreement is reached. The two old men are somewhat encouraged by the hopeful spirit of Marin, Lisidor's valet...
...University since 1886, when the general elective system was adopted. This is in extension of the investigation of the elective system in colleges and secondary schools which was begun some weeks ago. It has been thought that the undergraduates, to whom the former circular was sent, might be somewhat biased by a mistaken sense of loyalty to a system to which the college is thoroughly committed, and that their replies might therefore be somewhat partisan. Furthermore, thought all replies are considered confidential, it is thought that some men will not be willing to state frankly the reasons which governed their...
...history, and their literary results, have nowhere else been so carefully studied. On the other hand, Professor Wendell fails to understand Thoreau and Emerson. Grouping Thoreau with Alcott under the lesser men of Concord is clearly a lapse of judgment. The subject of transcendentalism is also handied in a somewhat superficial manner. The spirit of Emerson is also missed, perhaps because of over-emphasis on the "Yankee" element in Emerson. Mr. John J. Chapman is, on the whole, a surer critic of the Concord prophet...
Professor C.H. Toy, spoke of Dr. Everett's work on the editorial staff of the "New World." His business ability, which is somewhat lost sight of among the greater traits of his character, was shown in the clearest light in his work for the financial success of the magazine. His editorial writing was brilliant and of lasting value, and in his articles he presented the gist of the religious thought of the times...