Word: whose
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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Death did indeed claim two victims from the spectators of last summer's race; and people whose information about the calamity was gained at second hand, and was entirely erroneous, did not scruple to offer public censure of the managers for their assumed remissness, - one writer even venturing to brand them as "criminals." This sort of talk, no matter how absurdly unjust, is not pleasant to those against whom it is uttered, for no one likes to be told that he ought to be a jail-bird, even when his self-appointed judge is a person ill-informed and powerless...
...peculiar doctrines laid down in it, he cannot be expected to do the work of a good man, and is, therefore, unfit to be a member of the society. A movement was therefore set on foot to amend the constitution so as to admit men into the society whose character could not be impeached, whose membership the society would have reason to be proud of, but who have the misfortune to differ in opinion with the majority of the members about the truth of certain unessential beliefs. The amendment was discussed for three long hours. Here was an opportunity...
...unsoundness in Christian doctrine, but also all Unitarians and Universalists, who claim, and justly claim, to be Christians; perhaps not as good Christians as those called Evangelical, but still Christians. It is to be hoped that the society will reconsider its recent action, and open its doors to all whose characters are spotless, without reference to their beliefs or disbeliefs in matters that have little connection with humility, patience, and love...
...Pharoah cursed it. College men have always shown a great aversion to lamp-posts, particularly those on the bridge, and make light of putting out the glass lights when the gas lights have been put out; but, on the other hand, have shown a great love for "Lampy," whose bright light is far more brilliant even than Edison's Electric Light. Therefore let us earnestly seek for the return of "Lampy" and then the lamps on the College buildings will only serve as ornaments, and targets for the Rifle Club...
...been one of my favorite castles in the air to imagine myself suddenly thrown into the society of some beautiful, unsophisticated country girl, such as one reads about in the back of the speller, - a girl wholly untrammelled by the conventional shackles of society, the communion with whose fresh, ardent soul would nerve me to new struggles with this hard old world...