Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conclusion, let it be said, whatever may be the physical qualification of the athlete, in his achievements he will fall short of success without a well-developed nervous system and the possession of that almost sublime quality in man-courage...
...undertaking seems difficult, but if the four universities in question could be made to believe in it, then the minor matters of detail could be arranged without question. The financial hindrance is not so formidable as it appears, for there are graduates, almost without number, who would be glad to assist in the promotion of a series of races, like the one proposed. Will the boat club move in this matter, if the suggestion seems valuable to them...
...very glad to do what I can to correct the statements of the news papers about the cost of living at Harvard. They are far from the truth. I can give my expenses within ten dollars, I am sure: freshman year, almost exactly $400; junior year, about $600; senior year, $750. Scholarships have always paid my term bills, and some thing more...
...crowd which behaved in so disgraceful a manner, was almost entirely composed of those who have been here long enough to learn the spirit of the institution...
...Haven, Oct. 1.-The Yale foot-ball team is at present in a very chaotic condition. The men have not got into training, and almost everybody is more or less under the weather with sore arms, legs and bodies. The candidates for the team, numbering some forty men, have been out to the field for practice every day for a week, but as yet there has been but little real playing. One thing has been established beyond a doubt, and that is that the Yale eleven this year will be inferior in several respects to that of last season...