Word: attained
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...alone. So ought we all to live patiently where God has called us, and to find our resources in him. There is a kind of isolation in all profound experience, but this isolation is only temporary. All true souls meet at last. John Hall once said: "The way to attain a high place is conspicuous diligence in a low place." Such, too, is the way to the kingdom...
There are about eight different kinds of tortoises native to New England, and besides these several species are sometimes brought from the south by the gulf stream. These attain the length of eight feet, and weigh 1000 pounds. The snapping turtle is well known in this neighborhood where they are quite common. Except when foraging for food, they remain under water, only coming to the surface about once in an hour to breathe. They are very persistent in attacking their prey, and when they have seized a fish, they will often allow themselves to be carried about for hours. They...
...played on last year's nine can have lockers in the Carey Building by applying for them, and as soon as any of the new men attain proficiency enough they also will be provided with them...
...players and spectators alike. In the intensity of the desire to win and in the fierce excitement of a game, there is often tolerated a great deal that is indirect violation of the spirit of gentlemanly sport. When the whole attention is directed to the end the means which attain it are often by that very fact thought justified. This should not be so. The true sportsmanlike spirit, so often referred to yet so often forgotten, should be present at all times and under all circumstances, unflinchingly condemning the slightest deviation from gentlemanly play. Where rules must always fail...
...recent advance in this branch of athletics is due almost entirely to the faithful work of her teams and coaches. For the men to grow remiss in their duty in this direction now, points toward another retrogression. It must be evident that it is impossible for the team to attain success without more candidates, and above all, more general interest in the work...