Word: command
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...phase of positive service. In the school of obedience we get the training for out later period of service. But this obedience must not be mere acquiescence, but whole-souled acceptance of the judgment of another. In later life this sort of obedience merges insensibly into the power of command...
Century--"Mars as the Abode of Life," by P. Lowell '96; "Lincoln's Offer of a Command to Garibaldi...
...love with her at sight. The king promises Gringoire that he will spare his life if he succeeds in winning Loyse within the hour. When left alone with her, however, the poet forces himself, by a supreme effort, to keep silence on the subject of the king's command. On the latter's return, Loyse for the first time realizes Gringoire's position, and declares that by the subtlety and sweetness of his conversation he has won her heart. The play ends in the ruin of Olivier and the wedding of Loyse and Gringoire...
...famous scholar is the best possible discipline one may have in this country, both in language and in the history of art. I do not urge a balance of public courtesies for we cannot offer official hospitality on the scale which a centralized government has at its command; but I trust that our academic greeting to this distinguished guest may be so cordial as to justify to him his generous service of the University. Very truly yours, FRANCIS G. PEABODY...
...Hall '07, has been appointed coach of the Freshman football team. The choice is an especially fortunate one, as Hall is a player of unusual ability and will command the confidence of all. His football experience has been exceedingly varied, for he has played on teams representing the Malden High School, the Hopkinson School and the 1907 Freshman class. On the latter team, the last to defeat the Yale freshmen, he played a strong game at end, and but for lack of weight would have been a valuable addition to the University squad. In his Sophomore year he failed...