Word: beneath
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...glacial sand plains about Boston were deposited beneath the level of the sea, at a time of submergence of the land...
...only remedy for scornfulness is an upward view. As long as a man sees only what is beneath him he must remain on the "seat of the scornful." If he will only attach himself to something high, to the Law of God as expressed. by religion, he must inevitably change his plan and become...
...newly appointed professor of English poetry at Columbia College. Mr. Woodbury was an intimate friend of Mr. Lowell's in recent years and is therefore well fitted to write of the dead poet. Mr. Woodbury dwells especially on the simplicity of his nature, as shown in his works, beneath the diversity of his interests and the subtle refinements of his intellectual part, the unity of his life as poet, citizen and thinker, and the harmonious interplay of his faculties one with another, and especially the directness of his expression in every mode of writing - the primary traits of Mr. Lowell...
...book room has been torn down, and the stairway has been transferred from the rear of the building to the outside. The men's furnishing room remains the same with the exception of some slight decorations. In the book rooms new movable shelves have been put in with lockers beneath them. The ceiling and walls have been tinted, and gas now replaces the hanging lamps. A large fire and burglar proof safe has been added to the office...
...sport. A strict application of this principle would exclude intercollegiate matches between freshmen." This is precisely what it would not do. The one reason for organizing freshman teams is that they act as feeders to the university teams. They bring into athletics many men who would feel themselves hopelessly beneath the standard of university teams, but are glad to try for freshman teams. They form the main motive for organizing teams among upperclassmen, who as a rule care little for the class championship, but are willing to help the freshmen...