Word: constantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...called to order by President Rantoul who stated that its object was to consider a constitution to govern Harvard-Yale freshman athletics. Mr. L. McKim Garrison, L. S., in behalf of several graduates presented the constitution. He called attention to the present unsatisfactory state of athletic contests, the constant disputes about membership of teams and the frequent indefiniteness of the results. These difficulties, he said, the constitution was intended to obviate. The freshmen then proceeded to consider the constitution by clauses, and with a few verbal changes adopted it. After this business had been transacted Mr. Garrison addressed the meeting...
...through by philosophy into his proper field, tragic poetry. But the knowledge he had acquired when a painter, and the ability thereby gained of better appreciating the whole scope of art were of the greatest value to him as a dramatist. Through all his great tragedies he is constantly viewing things with a painter's eye, which gives to them a greater unity and a higher artistic merit. All of the dramas of Euripides, with one exception, were composed after the completion of that marvel of architecture, the Parthenon; and the sight of this structure must have been a constant...
...think you will be interested to note the meeting of the Harvard club of Minnesota last evening. It was the first of a series of quarterly meetings, designed, as you will see from the enclosed invitation, to secure a more united feeling among our Harvard alumni and a more constant reminder of affairs of interest at the university...
...owing to the frequent changes in government during the past century, the French nation was often accused of fickleness. This was a false charge for these uprisings are due to the most remarkable steadfastness. A nation which has passed through a third baptism of blood, while struggling towards its constant goal in spite of the hostility of a whole continent, shows a heroic firmness. It is a remarkable fact that all the French governments of the past century have proclaimed their acceptance of the principles of the Revolution. The first Napoleon, though at heart opposed to the liberty...
...good team to shoot against the visitors; and a good team can be chosen only from a good number of candidates. Thus if we hope to make a good showing in the proposed tournament, as many men as can should offer themselves as candidates for the team, and by constant shooting, perfect themselves to such a degree as to get places on the team, or at any rate to raise the standard of shooting above what it is now. There are a few men who are present at almost every shoot, and those, in almost every case...