Word: appealed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...themselves? If everybody who goes to the game would give a single dollar, there would be at least $45,000. This would prove surprisingly effective in keeping the breath of line in the starving peoples of Europe, now crushing under the iron heel of remorseless war. Remember this appeal and be prepared to meet...
...recognizes in the November Monthly, as contrasted with last year, a lighter and more graceful touch, sacrificing perforce something of robustness and broad appeal, much as would have been expected had the chief editorship passed to Mr. Nathan. The somewhat too numerous and too brief "items," written chiefly-vae victorious-by the editors, leave an impression of studied word painting with little that demands expression...
...should like through your columns to appeal to men of Harvard, on behalf of the field service of the American Ambulance in France. We have, at present, considerably more than 100 motor ambulances given and driven by Americans, who love and admire France, and who want, in this way, to express their friendship for France and to assist in preserving for the world the lives and genius of her people. These cars are grouped in sections of 20 or 30 each, which are officially attached to the several French armies and are in service at the front. The drivers...
Undoubtedly the acquisition of culture does not possess the powerful appeal of the bread-winning professions. Few students are far-sighted enough to realize that in the long run the broadening of one's horizon and the cultivation of concentration and steadiness of purpose will prove even materially remunerative. Yet statistics compiled by President Lowell have proved conclusively that the men who have acquired these things in college have made the greatest worldly successes. And, according to an investigation recently conducted by Hobart College, the consensus of the opinion of successful men is that these are the qualities which university...
...when it not only allows choice among courses but between working and not working, after the course has been chosen. If students refuse to absorb culture when it is placed temptingly before them, it is still possible to require it for the passing mark, and thus to appeal to self-interest...