Word: exerts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman fielding candidates and members of last year's squad, reported in the Cage yesterday afternoon for the first baseball practice of the season. Under the direction of Coach Coburn, the battery candidates were given light work in throwing and catching. In order that the men might not over-exert themselves at first, all the passing was careful and slow. In the practice of the fielding squad the men were coached in fielding slow grounders and in passing the ball to first base...
...said, that in the field of American politics public speaking has been wholly supplanted by the newspapers. It is indeed true that at present the press, especially since it is entirely independent. and to a great extent a substitute for the old time orator and political mountebank, does exert a tremendous influence. Yet the public will always listen to a sincere address, no matter how disliked the speaker may be. conviction of opinion secured Bryan a large following, despite the flaws of his political platform; and sincerity obtained for Roosevelt immediate popularity, notwithstanding the bitter opposition of the Democratic newspapers...
...closing Mr. Bonaparte emphasized the degrading influence of the doctrine that public offices are "spoils" in any sense. To dispel this belief we need only exert our active will, for the real stumbling block is not ignorance, but the torpor of national conscience. Once we realize that submission to the "spoils" system is cowardly and a source of peril to the common wealth its overthrow will be easy to accomplish...
...then discussed what college men could contribute towards good government. They should bring, he said, historical knowledge to solve present problems with the aid of past experiences, high standards and ideals whether in office or out of office, and truth to aid in purifying politics. They could exert the most influence if they joined a party and remained loyal to it when they could, and silent when they could not, as many Decomrats did during Mr. Bryan's first campaign and many Republicans during Mr. Cleveland's first campaign for governor of New York...
...community, however, may not be the better for learning, for, though brutal crimes may be less frequent, knowledge has taught man many ways of petty meanness. Educated men, though infrequently possessing those personal qualities which enable them to exert immediate control over the wills of others, are able by their dispassionate criticism to rule in calmer moments. To bring things back to their proper perspective is the art of the learned...