Word: exertion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...over the English records one finds more than half have been made in handicap races. For in a good handicap the scratch man has to do his best to win ; while, as is often the case here, in a scratch race the best man does not even have to exert himself...
...Harvard, and a few more words on the same subject will not be out of place. In a university of the size of Harvard there is necessarily more or less intemperance, and it is obvious that a body of men who band themselves together in the right way may exert a good influence on the whole student body, so far as this question is concerned. But has this association with its formidable name, and its imposing shingles pursued such a course as to bring forth good ? Has it held meetings of any recent date to set forth its views...
Science, he thinks, has exerted and will continue to exert a very great influence upon the training pursued at American colleges. He thinks the most available and important studies in a liberal course of study to be "Mathematics, leading to physical and natural science, and language, leading to political and moral science." These four elements are the "food, air, exercise and rest of physical growth." Not many years ago sectarian influence was very strong among the colleges, invading the trustees and faculty. Hence we see all over the country feeble, ill-endowed institutions, caring little for sound learning but strong...
...might be said of the students, though I should be inclined to give credit to the report which represents the number of students from evangelical homes as continually increasing. The connection between teachers and students is much less close than in the West, and much less individual influence is exerted; but there are those who do exert a strong and thoroughly Christian influence. One of the best of these, it is rumored, Harvard is to lose next year; for her own sake I hope this will not prove true. The "Society of Christian Brethren," founded in 1802, meets weekly...
...urged that these professors lead the world by the indirect influence they exert over students who are expected to be the direct leaders. But even granting that it is inadvisable for Harvard professors to take an active part in politics, there is no reason why they should not discuss these questions more than they do at present. The present feeling at Harvard seems to be that politics is a question sacred to the family hearth, that must not be touched upon by outsiders. Mingled with this feeling there seems to be a feeling of utter hopelessness, as if politics were...