Word: contacts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mark of the true gentleman--and as manners make the man, this greatly emphasized the respect and growing reverence in which he was held as time went on. The gentleness and kindly courtesy of his nature won for him the tender regard and affection of all who came in contact with him, and I never heard of the defeated suitor, or the disappointed advocate, or of anybody else who cherished any ill-feeling against him. The dignity of the Court has been well sustained by Chief Justice Fuller, and he died beloved and regretted by his colleagues, by the profession...
...member of the Teachers' Association, which exercises a general supervision of the educational work. The conduct of each class is left largely to the initiative of the individual teacher. No previous experience is necessary; on the contrary, the Prospect Union offers an exceptional opportunity for the student, through the contact with the earnest workingman, to get a training that will be valuable in any profession...
...When the Duke of Wellington became Chancellor of Oxford he expressed regret at being forced into contact with so many literary men; and for the same reason I feel in an uncomfortable position. I shall now become serious despite the fact that when a speech loses its humor, as Dr. Gordon said, it becomes immoral...
...effect of shortening the time taken in developing the Freshman into the man, by giving him the chance to mix with a great number of his kind. By throwing every one together the new system will give the shy, diffident men a much better chance to come in contact with University life...
...Barr's expedition was a search for young caribou to be taken alive in the hope that they might be domesticated and so become of use to the summer, he covered hundreds of miles of seacoast and penetrated far into the interior of the country, coming in close contact with the natives...