Word: aboundingly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...play, but that it doesn't and won't so long as each side owns half the ball. The protest against the illegal interference which is so characteristic of the present style of play and of the blindness of umpires to the fouls and rough play which abound in every game is also timely. The rules on these points should be enforced. They are not enforced because "the spirit which governs the game is not a proper one, and infringements of rules have become almost traditional." The welfare of the sport demands a change. There has undoubtedly been great improvement...
...Phillips Brooks preached last evening in Appleton Chapel to an audience which completely filled the house. His text was taken from the epistle to the Romans, "I know how to abound." The sermon was most impressive. Dr. Brook's central thought was that men who have abundance ought not to continue to have it unless they keep trying all the time to learn how best to use it. He spoke of four classes of men who have abundance; the wealthy, those who have acquired knowledge of truths, those who are much beloved, and finally, Christians in times of unusual spiritual...