Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unknown. But the scientific man who can see only through his microscope has a very restricted vision of the world; and the same thing is true of every pursuit when restricted to its own limited field. When Charles Darwin said that in his later life he lost interest in almost everything except the pursuit of his own scientific studies, he stated that he was losing his sense of culture; and unless the loss promoted in some way his great work it was a misfortune...
...more difficult, question, and it is one that we must actually face, because it involves a strong existing tendency among American colleges. Again the answer to it is found only in practical experience. Professional study leading to a man's career in life is, and ought to be, almost passionately absorbing in comparison with other subjects pursued at the same time. These are apt to be regarded as of lesser importance as outlying parts of the curriculum of the school somewhat arbitrarily forced upon the student, and not of direct value commensurate with the things needed in professional life...
...lone touchdown came neither through powerful drives nor through long end runs, but through the inevitable fluke which so often occurs in games between two teams almost equally matched...
With the holding of the first classes at Yale yesterday afternoon all of the larger eastern institutions have formally opened and have almost universally reported increased registration and improved facilities...
Princeton had the largest delegation sent by any university to the college Military Instruction Camp at Plattsburg this summer, sending 48 undergraduates. In the camp for business men Princeton was represented by 120 alumni and the Princeton team won the rifle shoot. That university has taken almost more interest in the camp than any other of the larger universities...