Word: behind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...scientist he certainly was, and it is to be greatly lamented, for it caused him to attempt much, and to finish little. His many and various tastes urged him different ways. He looked too deeply into the "well spring of truth," and in striving after the unobtainable, he left behind him a life of singular incompleteness, but of vast promise. He was neither religionist nor classicist, and looked at things coldly and scientifically. For the blending of light and shade, harmony, and grace of contour, he was almost unsurpassed...
...Dorman '94, W. L. S., Brayton '96, A. M. Eaton '97, and H. W. Jameson '95, L. I. Prouty '94, R. W. Bull '96, and W. R. Mansfield '97. '95 won; '94, second; '96, third, and '97, last. Mansfield, the last freshman to run, started far behind the other runners, and, considering everything, he ran a very plucky race...
...Customs Union is undesirable from a Canadian standpoint. Canadan is industrially far behind the United States. A tariff policy framed by the larger and more powerful nation would necessarily be unfit for the weaker...
...melodies has been composed to conform to the scale of an ancient pipe now preserved in the British Museum, but with this exception no attempt has been made to reproduce the peculiarities of ancient music. The actual pipers (an oboe, two clarinets and a bassoon) will be stationed behind the scenes, while upon the stage will stand a dummy flute-player with a double pipe made from ancient models, pretending to accompany the actors. Between the acts there will be interludes for the four reed instruments mentioned...
...furnished with hot and cold water, it will be heated by steam, lighted by electricity, and it is the special purpose of the designers and builders to make it as light and airy as possible. A large sky-light will greatly increase the cheerfulness of the interior. Directly behind the main building and connected by a passage is another smaller building, which contains dry rooms and the heating apparatus for the entire structure...