Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...decision. The debates, while conspicuously successful, were more like oratorical contests in which each man spoke largely for himself. Henceforth all this will be changed. The two universities, having tested each other's strength, are now ready for the real contests, and the debate of the 18th, will almost surely mark the first of a long series of contests in this line between the two universities, and, quite as surely, the example of Harvard and Yale will be followed by the other colleges in this part of the country. The debate this time means either victory or defeat with Yale...
Professor Horsford died very suddenly of heart disease at his home in Cambridge Sunday afternoon. He was apparently in the best of health on Saturday, and to the many who knew him the announcement of his death will seem almost increditable...
Besides these acquired powers, Chaucer was born with the nature of a pure poet. His love for nature was intense and almost childish, and his eye caught the beautiful always, whether in nature or in man. He taught himself the art of self-criticism, of which earlier poets were ignorant. This gave his writings the double power both of nature and art. Though drama was not then recognized, yet we cannot fail to mark the dramatic instinct of which he was possessed. In all the essentials of genius, - in inheritance, in acquired qualities, and in fitting circumstances - Chaucer was complete...
...decidedly at its best. Schubert's "Marche Militaire" was admirably played, with unusual conciseness and spirit. The club was not so good in "At Midnight" The playing lacked precision, the strings were not always in unison and the wood wind was sometimes at fault. The waltz "Preciosa" was almost faultlessly played; the brass was judiciady used and the trombone was well managed. In fact the brass and wood instruments were played with much better judgement and skill than they ever have been before. They were never obtrusive. All the skill of the club was called for in Grieg's "Heart...
...Partly as a rule and partly as a warning, for your own sake and for the sake of your audience, make up your mind how long you are going to speak, and low much time you wish to devote to each topic. Very few can speak "to the line." Almost intallibly a speaker will devote too much time to the introduction. The audience will judge of you by the length of time you devote to each portion, thinking the speaker will give most time to what he considers most important; consequently impress your great central idea by giving the most...