Word: equilibrium
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with the wrists; the hands are shot away at once in the same plane with the arms, and with the assistance of the powerful muscles of the shoulder, while the arms quickly resume their proper place. The ease and rapidity of these actions increase the speed and control the equilibrium. The muscles are exerted equally, and the erect trunk permits the lungs to be filled with deep draughts...
...impossible for the architectural faculties to attain to their full power without a well-formed and well-developed body from which to derive the vitality and vigor requisite for their manifestations. One of the indispensable conditions of the welfare of a human being is that a just equilibrium shall be maintained between the development of his mental and physical organs. That man's life is wasted who develops one side of his nature at the expense of the other. Thus, in our own life, our athletics are indispensable for the advancement of our intellectual faculties. No man can attain mental...
...seemed to drink in considerable consolation from the words which met her shy and innocent glance. But it was not till the professor in the middle of a profound and lengthy explanation caught sight of and succeeded in translating it that much difficulty was experienced in keeping up an equilibrium...
...marked by any unusual increase of one or the other metal, and also of the whole period from the discovery of America to the present time . . . Incidentally, Professor Laughlin demolishes the most distinctive portion of the work of Mr. Dana Horton - that relating to the supposed disturbance of the equilibrium of the precious metals by the Bank of England's resumption in 1819 - and gives the reader a strong impression of the superficiality of Mr. Horton's studies...
...hall, it seems unfair that they should be entitled to a director while the usual ratio is one director for seventy-five men. We should imagine that some plan could be devised by which these men could vote with the college classes and thus bring about more of an equilibrium in the management of the hall. If practicable, we would suggest to the board of directors a consideration of this matter. Although it is too late in the present year to make a change, still a plan might be devised to take effect next fall...