Word: adroit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Such, in briefest outline, are the main services of President Eliot to the University. No man, unless he had the highest abilities, could have done such work. With keen sagacity, he has foreseen the action of educational forces; with unfailing resources of quick intelligence, adroit action, and steady will he has met these forces and maintained the position of Harvard in all circumstances. He is a man of action; always thoroughly acquainted with the matter in hand from its broadest aspects to its minutest details, always clear as to his own intention, always calm, swift and unhesitating in its realization...