Word: even
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...year 1875, Harvard found that her engravings were occupying much needed space in the library, and even so could not be exhibited to the best advantage. They were accordingly transferred to the museum in Boston on a grant of seven years, and as no better accommodations in Cambridge were forthcoming, this grant was twice renewed. The expiration of the last term is due in 1896, and the question which is now exciting attention is, whether at that time the engravings are to be restored to Harvard to find their place in the Fogg Art Museum, or are to be again...
...them especially, are made to undergo. Cases have been mentioned of men of strong constitutions who have been so completely exhausted by the afternoon's work that besides losing all appetite and feeling out of spirits, they are utterly incapacitated from study or exertion of any kind in the evening. Such a state of over-training as this would indicate is so evidently suicidal to the interests of the crews, that we hardly feel it necessary to make any protest to the men who have been chosen for their skill in directing training. But over-training has always been such...
...fashion of the community in which a man lives is the greatest factor in deciding his habits. In Europe, and especially in Germany, every one drinks beer as a matter of course throughout the day, and even in England it is a difficult matter for a water drinker to travel without being practically forced to drink wines of various sorts. But these customs are now giving way to modern ideas, which, fortunately for us, have been characteristic of American life since its beginning...
...forward to victory, and yet just at this time His friends were few, while His enemies were constantly increasing in numbers. The night was upon Him but He looked forward to the dawn. It was this hopeful, confidant spirit which the early Christians received from Christ, a feeling that even in the midst of the most abject misery and depravity, if they only waited long enough the morning was sure to come...
...night even now, in the beginning of this new year is black upon us, but the dawn already lights the peaks of the eastern hills; there is more social spirit at work than ever before; more people are today occupied in helping their fellow beings than in any previous year. Men and women are now busily engaged by a desire to reach out and help those who are not so well off as themselves. Mechanical philanthropy is no longer of use. The new spirit of change is marked by the incessant efforts towards the reform of our politics which characterized...