Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...numerical superiority and he, in his turn, prepared to take the offensive and crush Rosecrans' detached forces. Here was a great opportunity to retrieve the drooping fortunes of the South by one bold move. But Rosecrans could gain little and close much by fighting a superiorforce so far from Nashville, his base of supplies. He would have done better to have waited in Chattanooga until more troops and supplies should put him in a perfectly safe condition...
...giving to natural knowledge, as they call it, the chief place in the education of the majority of mankind, leave one important thing out of their account-the constitution of human nature. But I put this forward on the strength of some facts not at all recondite, very far from it, facts capable of being stated in the simplest possible fashion, and to which, if I so state them, the man of science will, I am sure, be willing to allow their due weight...
That is what is said. So far I must defend Plato, as to plead that his view of education and studies is in the general, as it seems to me, sound enough, and fitted for all sorts and conditions of men, whatever their pursuits may be. 'An intelligent man,' says Plato, 'will prize those studies which shall result in his soul getting soberness, righteousness and wisdom, and will disregard the rest.' I cannot consider that a bad description of the aim of education, and of the motives which should govern us in the choice of studies, whether we are preparing...
...current number of the Manhattan magazine is by far the best number that has yet appeared. the principal articles are "Edwin Booth," by H. C. Pedder; "Literature and Science," by Matthew Arnold; "Recent Tendencies in American Journalism," by E. V. Smalley; "One View of the Chaucerian Mania," by Kate Sanborn; "Jasper Francis Cropsey," by W. H. Forman. Julia Hawthorne contributes a short story, and Edgar Fawcett continues his novel. The number is well illustrated throughout, the frontispiece being a portrait of Edwin Booth...
...Gardner, '84, will again cover first, and Buffum, '84, will play second. Taylor, '84, will hold his old position at short, where he played so well last year. Marble, '85 will play third, he is a new man, but has played his position creditably in the practice games thus far. Hunt, '85, will play left field, and Stewart, '86, will go to right field. Kimball will remain at centre field. This will probably be the make-up of the nine for '84. The nine as a whole showed great improvement in their batting and fielding over that of last year...