Word: discordances
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...chronometers by which the immortals regulate the movements of the spheres have been changed. The hour of arising has been hastened two hours, and the note of the seven o'clock bell, reviled and abhorred since forgotten time, mingles with the song of the alarm clock in a metallic discord of summons. Seven hundred men have learned that the morning and the evening are the day; and the morning has grown, like the tale of a submarine's exploits, to twice the normal size, while the evening is evanescent. Seven hundred men have acquired the habit of seeing...
...attend "a mass meeting for the election of officers." Hurried visits to all members possessing the franchise with strict injunction to attend the meeting and vote for the "right candidate," resulted more often than not in an election well calculated, sooner or later, to foster the elements of discord. To operate successfully a regular "railroading" scheme under the old system required only three or four intelligent "spell-binders," backed by as few as 50 voters well trained in concerted cheering. Time and again the many, who could know very little of the respective candidates' merits, were won over merely...
...confused rendering of "General Grant" or perhaps the "Stein Song." Other than these there is a noticeable lack of the "good song ringing clear." Energy that might well be expended in becoming familiar with words and parts is squandered in a primitive attempt to drown out one discord with another...
...Yale, the five year agreement was signed, and W. Cameron Forbes took charge of Harvard Football, after one of the most unsuccessful seasons Harvard has ever known. To him is due much of the credit for Harvard's success during the five years that followed. Out of dissension and discord he produced concord and the well defined system of coaching and training which has brought Harvard to victory. Instead of having under him a large number of miscellaneous coaches, he established various departments each of which had a responsible man in charge, on whom the head coach could rely...
...self denial, and doing good to others; second, Knowledge of God and the truth of the life eternal; and third, Faith, a surrender to God's will and a devotion to his service. Man has an affinity to two things, to God and to the brute. It is this discord between two natures which we must strive to resolve into a perfect unity with God himself. We must give up the things of this earth and all self-seeking purposes, if we are to attain this unity. As Jesus has said, "He that loseth his life shall find...