Word: elemental
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...liver-complaint, and he himself, the thief of fire from heaven, into a palaeozoic Dr. Franklin who amused himself with electrical experiments? The truth is that so long as the nature of man is dual, so long as he is an animal as well as a spiritual being, the element of humor evolved by the contrast puts the heroic out of countenance. That old story fathered upon Cromwell, of his being found on his knees by a Puritan preacher whom he told he was 'seeking the Lord,' when in fact he was seeking the corkscrew which had dropped under...
...University; but, against it, we wish to point out that the plan suggested would not be to the benefit of the students. No private enterprise could be expected to furnish board of the same quality and price as could a dining-hall run upon Memorial Hall principles. An element of profit would necessarity enter which must make the quality of the food lower or its price higher. It seems to us that one of the prime needs of Harvard is to make the cost of a sufficiently high standard of living among the students as small as possible...
...there will be good diamonds on Soldiers Field, but to have a turf diamond there this year is a physical impossibility. It seems to us that this lack of proper practiceground is a misfortune. It is true that the class baseball games have of late years had a prominent element of farce in them, and yet, if it had not been for class baseball, what would have become of the 'varsity this year? Of the men who are at the 'varsity training table this year, nine played on class teams last year. Barring those players who were connected with...
...impart style into German literature, and firmly to establish it there. Hence the immense importance to him of the world of classical art, and of the productions of Greek or Latin genuine, where style so eminently manifests its power. Had he found in the German genius and literature an element of style existing by nature and ready to his hand, half his work, one may say, would have been saved him, and he might have done much more in poetry. But as it was, he had to try and create, out of his own powers, a style for German poetry...
...unfortunate circumstances, an antagonism exists between the two clubs, although the individual members are on terms of cordiality. This division of interests, and especially this antagonism,- which results not only in lack of cooperation, but in opposition,- While perhaps stimulating to each club, can only weaken seriously the debating element of the University as a whole...