Word: devout
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This meeting, however, is to be of a very different nature. The military courses which the University has planned will be discussed and explained in a calm and dignified manner, so much so that the most devout disciple of parlementarianism will be delighted. The time for mob enthusiasm has long been past; and the organizers of this meeting are well aware of it. The time for sitting down and working on national problems is with us at this hour. The war with Germany is a grave problem. It was thought three years ago that the Allies could defeat Germany...
...Field is so situated that tennis on its courts might demoralize the Sunday atmosphere in the residential section adjoining, Soldiers Field may be considered differently. It is remote from the religious and residential sections of Cambridge, and consequently tennis on the Soldiers Field courts would not intrude upon the devout or restful influence of Sunday in Cambridge...
...born in New York, on January 11, 1842, of devout and independent parentage. Throughout life his studies were much disturbed by ill health, to which his dauntless spirit refused to bow. But a somewhat irregular education suited well a nature which was always fretted by routine and profited by whatever was unusual, diverse, and expressive of individual character. In his youth he attended a Lycee in France and afterwards the University of Geneva, there gaining an unusual command of French. His German be acquired a few years later at the University of Berlin...