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Word: unlikelihood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...trip are that it is beneath the dignity of University, that the attitude of Western people towards Harvard is such that they will scrutinize our representatives and turn every point against them, and that the scheme looks too much like advertising. The last is unimportant, for, aside from the unlikelihood of more than a very few ever thinking of the trip as an advertisement, it is hardly a good reason coming from an institution that advertised itself in the Youth's Companion last year. It is noticeable that, so far as we have heard, no one takes exception...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/1/1890 | See Source »

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