Word: fact
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...teams could hardly have been more evenly matched and the closeness of the score which indicates that only one scoring point was made in the whole game shows how closely fought the struggle was. Yale's rush-line was a trifle quicker than Harvard's and to that fact may be attributed the defeat. The Yale men were wonderfully quick in dropping on the ball and by their agility in that direction they gained the play several times when Harvard rushers should have taken it. On the other side Harvard was superior in blocking and several times Yale was compelled...
Princeton students manifest no surprise whatever at the action taken by Harvard in withdrawing from the football league, in fact it is said that they have been prepared for such an action since the game here last Saturday. Cowan has refused to umpire the game today at Springfield since he fears that his decisions might not be satisfactory to both parties...
...explaining, and proper use and improvement of the principles of natural religion as it is commonly called and understood by divines and learned men." Dr. Gottheil chose as the part of this subject on which he wished particularly to speak the school of natural religion in ancient Israel. The fact, said the speaker, that natural religion was a factor of no mean importance in the growth of revealed religion has hardly been well understood. The Bible used to be thought of as a unity, but modern criticism has shown that it now contains several books which certainly did not originally...
...said that he desired to emphasize the fact that he was to speak of tendencies; that he would not outline a system of philosophy, but the lines along which modern theological thought is tending. It is necessary to speak from the standpoint of philosophy because theology is the philosophy of religion...
...cornice of a building lost his head and staggered, some one in the crowd beneath shouted "Cheer him!" The cheer was given and under its inspiration the man regained his foot hold. There were some men on Jarvis field, about half after four last Saturday who recalled this fact in bitterness of heart. Why was it that our first reverse broke the spirit of the men who were there to cheer for Harvard? But the serious part of the matter is the fact that many men are now ready to tear up their tickets for Springfield because of Saturday...