Word: conquering
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...would be successful in this profession, mere knowledge is not sufficient. A man does not conquer nature by mathematical calculations; it is the application of knowledge to existing conditions, the adaptation of theory to meet unusual circumstances that constitutes success; and to do this a man must have imagination...
...fall at a meeting of the Senior class it was unanimously voted that the old custom of wearing caps and gowns after May 1 be continued, and today it is for the members to carry out their resolutions with the same unanimity. If only a few are able to conquer their self-consciousness and sally forth arrayed in their academic costumes, the reason for the custom will disappear. The only way to carry out the tradition properly is for every man to consider it an honor to be thus distinguished from the rest of the College. If this is done...
...conquer Death and chase the mists of Time...
...last two hundred years, said Mr. Jones, English dramatists have produced only three permanent pieces of literature, "The Rivals," "She Stoops to Conquer," and "The School for Scandal." French dramatists, on the other hand, have been producing and are now producing dramatic works that are a part of the literature of France. This is because their drama and literature are wedded, and the French audiences know that their drama is intended to depict life, and not to amuse them by clownery...
Again, this nation must conquer other nations, not by arms, but by example. We must so live that all eyes shall be turned toward the republic, and that the world may be so impre sed with the justice of our form of government that it will recognize it as the best government on all the earth...