Word: attainable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...strive for that which ye can ne'er attain...
...passage from a French, Latin, and Greek author; a question in history, geography, and philosophy, together with several upon the sciences, - physics, chemistry, arithmetic, geometry, etc. There is also a degree conferred called the Baccalaureat-es-Sciences, in which the sciences are the principal element. In order to attain the Baccalaureat-es-Sciences, it is necessary, at the end of the seventh class, instead of entering upon the eighth, to follow a scientific course. A year is passed in the class of preparatory mathematics, then another in a course of so-called elementary mathematics, at the end of which time...
...brilliant endowments may combine both learning and eloquence with great power, the Websters and Choates are few, and genius is a dangerous gift unless under control. The care which prepares an amount of valuable material is of greater advantage than brilliancy trusting to inspiration. The only hope of ever attaining success in law is founded on a broad liberal training and education, which should include a knowledge not only of law, but "something of everything," not for the training alone of the mind, but for practical use. A thorough knowledge of history, both social and political, of different countries, moral...
...truth is, that the tea-pot, with proper fuel, can attain a sufficient rate of speed to hold its own with the boats. Moreover, the Saratoga Club has promised to make good any deficiency which may exist in regard to facilities for Reporters and Judges. The race may be rowed towards the city, and therefore the finish will not be more than half an hour's walk from the hotels, while for those who wish to ride, great facilities will be offered. Another point is, that the Saratoga Club would arrange the details of the race, and then there would...
...restricted, how much more must just be the complaint in the case of poetry, where, in the choice of words, sense and jingle seem ever to be having a Kilkenny cat-fight in the brain of the unfortunate devotee of the "Art of Poetry." And yet poets do unmistakably attain a skill in reconciling thought and metre which is perfectly marvellous. How is it done? And again, can it ever be done without sacrificing something of the thought or something of the metre? As to the latter, in the best works of our great poets, there occur such words...