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Haul. Near Campbeltown, Scotland, the fishing boat Nil Desperandum dropped her nets in the Firth of Clyde, snared His Majesty's submarine Alcide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: For the Record | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...reports what progress has already been made. "After many years of struggle," says Mr. Shaw, "we have had but one subscription. The solitary sportsman who gave it was a Hamburg gentleman. When Germany recovers from the war, we may get another move on. Nil desperandum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHAVIAN ANALOGUES | 4/28/1925 | See Source »

...number of the Monthly contains the following: "Class Unity," by G. Emerson '08; "The Backsliding of Sister Pettibone," by H. H. Harbour '06; "Love's Laughter," by J. H. Wheelock '08: "My Lady's Minstrel," by H. Hagedorn 07: "The Fourth Wise Man," by R. M. Arkush '07; "Nil Desperandum," by H. A. Bellows '06: "Gower," by C. T. Ryder '06; "An Intemperance Story," by J. L. Price '07; Editorials: Record: Book Notices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contents of Current Monthly | 10/31/1905 | See Source »

...perhaps, that the gilded cross over the entrance to the library is a trophy of the capture of Louisburg by the New England troops in 1744. It was taken from a French church, and its present location is the more appropriate, since the motto of Colonial troops was: "Nil desperandum Christo duce," and that of the college is "Christo et Ecclesiau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 5/5/1887 | See Source »

...Richter's office to get another card, but his door was likewise impervious. "Crushed again" would have aptly described my feelings as I went back to my lodging. Here I had been already three days at work and was just as far from matriculating as ever. However, although Nil desperandum is not the motto on my coat-of-arms, I resolved to adopt it on this occasion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW I MATRICULATED AT A GERMAN UNIVERSITY. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

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